check-support-status
Identify installed packages with limited security support
TLDR
Display packages with limited or ended support
$ check-support-status
Show only packages whose support has ended$ check-support-status --type ended
Show packages with limited security support$ check-support-status --type limited
Skip printing a headline$ check-support-status --no-heading
Exclude specific packages from alerts$ check-support-status --except [package1,package2]
SYNOPSIS
check-support-status [options]
DESCRIPTION
check-support-status identifies installed Debian packages for which security support has been limited or prematurely ended. This helps users understand which packages may not receive security updates. It is part of the debian-security-support package.The tool reports packages that have reached end-of-life earlier than the distribution's support period, or have limited security support due to various reasons.
PARAMETERS
--type type
Filter by support status type: ended (support has ended), limited (support is limited), or earlyend (support ends earlier than the distribution's).--no-heading
Skip printing the headline.--except PACKAGES
Do not alert for the given comma-separated binary packages.--list FILE
Use the given file as the database of packages and their support status.--status-db FILE
Use the given file to record alerts so each affected package is reported only once.--version, -V
Show the version number and exit.
CAVEATS
Specific to Debian-based distributions. Package support status depends on Debian's security team decisions and may change. By default, evaluates status based on the Debian version where it runs; this can be overridden with the DEBIAN_VERSION environment variable.
