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13 <refentrytitle>alicia</>
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20 <refpurpose>Make micromodifications or queries to the overrides table</>
27 <arg><option><replaceable>options</replaceable></></arg>
28 <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>package</replaceable></arg>
29 <arg><option><replaceable>section</replaceable></></arg>
30 <arg><option><replaceable>priority</replaceable></></arg>
34 <RefSect1><Title>Description</>
36 <command>alicia</command> makes micromodifications and queries the overrides.
40 <RefSect1><Title>Options</>
43 <VarListEntry><term><option>-h/--help</option></>
45 <Para>Show help and then exit.</PARA>
48 <VarListEntry><term><option>-d/--done=<replaceable>BUG#</replaceable></option></>
50 <Para>Close the listed bugs as part of adjusting the overrides</PARA>
53 <VarListEntry><term><option>-n/--no-action</option></>
55 <Para>Show what alicia would do but make no changes</PARA>
58 <VarListEntry><term><option>-s/--suite=<replaceable>suite</replaceable></option></>
60 <Para>Affect the overrides in suite listed. The default is <literal>unstable</literal></PARA>
67 <RefSect1><Title>Common use</>
69 <command>alicia</command> when invoked with only a package name will tell you what section and priority the given package has.
72 <command>alicia</command> when invoked with a package and one or two other values will set the section and/or priority to the values given. You may use a single period ('.') to represent "do not change" or you can ommit the value you do not want to change.
75 <RefSect1><Title>Notes</>
77 <Para>alicia essentially lets you do what natalie does only on the microscopic scale rather than the macroscopic scale of natalie. Use with care.</>
79 <RefSect1><Title>Diagnostics</>
81 <command>alicia</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on error.