dd-list(1)

NAME

   dd-list - nicely list .deb packages and their maintainers

SYNOPSIS

   dd-list  [-hiusV] [--help] [--stdin] [--sources Sources_file] [--dctrl]
   [--version] [--uploaders] [package ...]

DESCRIPTION

   dd-list produces nicely formatted lists of Debian (.deb)  packages  and
   their maintainers.

   Input  is  a list of source or binary package names on the command line
   (or the standard input if --stdin is given).  Output is a list  of  the
   following format, where package names are source packages by default:

          J. Random Developer <jrandom@debian.org>
                 j-random-package
                 j-random-other

          Diana Hacker <diana@example.org>
                 fun-package
                 more-fun-package

   This  is  useful  when  you  want,  for  example,  to produce a list of
   packages that need to attention from their  maintainers,  e.g.,  to  be
   rebuilt when a library version transition happens.

OPTIONS

   -h, --help
          Print brief help message.

   -i, --stdin
          Read  package  names  from the standard input, instead of taking
          them  from  the  command  line.  Package  names  are  whitespace
          delimited.

   -d, --dctrl
          Read  package list from standard input in the format of a Debian
          package control file. This includes the status file,  or  output
          of apt-cache. This is the fastest way to use dd-list, as it uses
          the maintainer information from the input instead of looking  up
          the maintainer of each listed package.

          If  no  Source:  line  is  given,  the Package: name is used for
          output, which might be a binary package name.

   -z, --uncompress
          Try to uncompress the --dctrl input before  parsing.   Supported
          compression formats are gz, bzip2 or xz.

   -s, --sources Sources_file
          Read package information from the specified Sources_files.  This
          can be given multiple times.  The files can be gz, bzip2  or  xz
          compressed.   If  the filename does not end in .gz, .bz2 or .xz,
          then the -z option must be used.

          If  no  Sources_files  are   specified,   any   files   matching
          /var/lib/apt/lists/*_source_Sources will be used.

   -u, --uploaders
          Also list developers who are named as uploaders of packages, not
          only  the  maintainers;  this  is  the  default  behaviour,  use
          --nouploaders  to prevent it. Uploaders are indicated with "(U)"
          appended to the package name.

   -nou, --nouploaders
          Only list package Maintainers, do not list Uploaders.

   -b, --print-binary
          Use binary package names in the output instead of source package
          names  (has no effect with --dctrl if the Package: line contains
          source package names).

   -V, --version
          Print the version.

AUTHOR

   Lars Wirzenius <liw@iki.fi>

   Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

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