rpmlint is a tool for checking common errors in rpm packages.  rpmlint
can be used to test individual packages before uploading or to check
an entire distribution.  By default all applicable checks are
performed but specific checks can be performed by using command line
parameters.

rpmlint can check binary rpms (files and installed ones), source rpms,
and plain specfiles, but all checks do not apply to all argument
types.  For best check coverage, run rpmlint on source rpms instead of
plain specfiles, and installed binary rpms instead of uninstalled
binary rpm files.

The idea for rpmlint is from the lintian tool of the Debian project.

Comments and new checks welcome. See the project home page at
http://rpmlint.zarb.org/ for mailing list information, bug tracking
system and other project resources.

Implemented checks:

	o Tag checks (TagsCheck).
	o Distribution specific checks (MandrakeCheck).
	o Binary checks (BinaryCheck).
	o Configuration file checks (ConfigCheck).
	o Location, permission, group and owner checks (FileCheck).
	o suid warnings (FileCheck).
	o Signature checks (SignatureCheck).
	o FHS checks (FHSCheck).
	o Source specific checks (SourceCheck).
	o i18n checks (I18NCheck).
	o Menu system checks (MenuCheck).
	o %post; %pre, %postun and %preun script checks (PostCheck).
	o /etc/rc.d/init.d checks (InitScriptCheck).
	o Spec file checks (SpecCheck).
	o Zip/Jar file checks (ZipCheck).
	o Pam configuration file checks (PamCheck).
	o Rpm file checks (RpmFileCheck).

If you want to change configuration options or the list of checks, use
the global configuration files /etc/rpmlint/*config or the user
configuration file ~/.rpmlintrc.

Configuration files are Python source files and should begin with the
following line:

from Config import *

to load configuration functions.

Configuration functions:

resetChecks() resets the list of checks.

addCheck(check) adds the check to the list of checks to try.

addCheckDir(path) adds a path to look for checks.

setOption(name, value) sets the value of the configuration option.
See below for the list of available options.

addFilter(regexp) adds a filter to remove the output of a check, and
removeFilter(regexp) removes one (for use eg. in per-user configuration
files to remove filters added in system config files).

Available options:

name			type		default
========================================================
BadnessThreshold	integer		-1 (< 0 means disabled)
DanglingSymlinkExceptions list of pairs (['consolehelper$', 'usermode'],)
Distribution		string		""
ExtraMenuNeeds		list of strings
ExtractDir		string		tempfile.gettempdir()
ForbiddenWords		regex		''
IconFilename		regex		'.*\.png$'
InvalidRequires		list of regexps see DEFAULT_INVALID_REQUIRES in
					TagsCheck.py
KernelModuleRPMsOK	boolean		1
MetaPackageRegexp	regex		'^(bundle|task)-' 
Packager		regex		''
PerlVersionTrick	boolean		1
ReleaseExtension	regex or None	''
RpmGamesGroup		regex		'Games'
SkipDocsRegexp		regex		'\.(rtf|x?html?|ml[ily]?)$'
StandardGroups		list of strings	see DEFAULT_STANDARD_GROUPS in
					FilesCheck.py
StandardUsers		list of strings	see DEFAULT_STANDARD_USERS in
					FilesCheck.py 
SystemLibPaths		list of strings	('/lib', '/usr/lib', '/usr/X11R6/lib')
UseBzip2		boolean		1
UseDefaultRunlevels	boolean		1
UseEpoch		boolean		0
UseIndexedJars		boolean		1
UseRelativeSymlinks	boolean		1
UseVersionInChangelog	boolean		1
UsrLibBinaryException	regex		'^/usr/lib/(perl|python|menu|pkgconfig|lib[^/]+\.(so|l?a)$)'
UseUTF8			boolean		(autodetected)
ValidBuildHost		regex		''
ValidGroups		list of strings
ValidLicenses		list of strings
ValidMenuSections	list of strings
ValidShells		list of strings	('/bin/sh', '/bin/bash', '/usr/bin/perl')
ValidSrcPerms		list of modes	(0644, 0755)
Vendor			string		""