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dpkg-scansources(1)



NAME

   dpkg-scansources - create Sources index files

SYNOPSIS

   dpkg-scansources [option...] binary-dir [override-file [path-prefix]] >
   Sources

DESCRIPTION

   dpkg-scansources scans the given binary-dir for .dsc files.  These  are
   used to create a Debian source index, which is output to stdout.

   The override-file, if given, is used to set priorities in the resulting
   index records and to override the maintainer field given  in  the  .dsc
   files.    The   file  can  be  compressed  (since  dpkg  1.15.5).   See
   deb-override(5) for the format of this file. Note: Since  the  override
   file  is  indexed  by  binary,  not source packages, there's a bit of a
   problem here. The current implementation uses the highest  priority  of
   all the binary packages produced by a .dsc file for the priority of the
   source package, and the override entry for  the  first  binary  package
   listed  in  the  .dsc file to modify maintainer information. This might
   change.

   The path-prefix, if given, is prepended to the directory field  in  the
   generated  source  index.  You generally use this to make the directory
   fields contain the path from the top of the Debian archive hierarchy.

   Note: If you want to access the generated Sources file with apt(8)  you
   will  probably  need  to  compress  the file with gzip(1) (generating a
   Sources.gz file). apt ignores  uncompressed  Sources  files  except  on
   local access (i.e.  file:// sources).

OPTIONS

   -n, --no-sort
       Don't  sort  the  index records. Normally they are sorted by source
       package name.

   -e, --extra-override file
       Scan  file  to  find  supplementary  overrides  (since  dpkg
       1.15.4;  the file can be compressed since dpkg 1.15.5).  See
       deb-extra-override(5) for more information on its format.

   -s, --source-override file
       Use file as the  source  override  file  (the  file  can  be
       compressed  since  dpkg 1.15.5).  The default is the name of
       the override file you specified with .src appended.

       The source override file is in a different format  from  the
       binary  override  file.  It  contains  only  two  whitespace
       separated fields, the first is the source package  name  and
       the second is the section. Blank lines and comment lines are
       ignored in the normal manner. If a package appears  in  both
       files  the  source override takes precedence for setting the
       section.

   --debug
       Turn debugging on.

   --help
       Show the usage message and exit.

   --version
       Show the version and exit.

SEE ALSO

   deb-override(5), deb-extra-override(5), dpkg-scanpackages(1).



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