def read_pkg_args(args, allow_vercodes=False):
"""
- Given the arguments in the form of multiple appid:[vc] strings, this returns
- a dictionary with the set of vercodes specified for each package.
+ :param args: arguments in the form of multiple appid:[vc] strings
+ :returns: a dictionary with the set of vercodes specified for each package
"""
vercodes = {}