1dpkg-scansources(1)             dpkg utilities             dpkg-scansources(1)
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NAME

6       dpkg-scansources - create Sources index files
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SYNOPSIS

9       dpkg-scansources  [options]  binary-dir [override-file [path-prefix]] >
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DESCRIPTION

13       dpkg-scansources scans the given binary-dir for .dsc files.  These  are
14       used to create a Debian source index, which is output to stdout.
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16       The override-file, if given, is used to set priorities in the resulting
17       index records and to override the maintainer field given  in  the  .dsc
18       files.  The  file can be compressed. See deb-override(5) for the format
19       of this file. NB:  Since the override file is indexed  by  binary,  not
20       source,  packages,  there's a bit of a problem here. The current imple‐
21       mentation uses the highest priority of all the binary packages produced
22       by a .dsc file for the priority of the source package, and the override
23       entry for the first binary package listed in the .dsc  file  to  modify
24       maintainer information. This might change.
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26       The  path-prefix,  if given, is prepended to the directory field in the
27       generated source index. You generally use this to  make  the  directory
28       fields contain the path from the top of the Debian archive hierarchy.
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30       Note:  If you want to access the generated Sources file with apt(8) you
31       will probably need to compress the  file  with  gzip(1)  (generating  a
32       Sources.gz  file).  apt  ignores  uncompressed  Sources files except on
33       local access (i.e.  file:// sources).
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OPTIONS

36       -n, --no-sort
37           Don't sort the index records. Normally they are  sorted  by  source
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41       -e, --extra-override file
42           Scan  file  to find supplementary overrides (the file can be
43           compressed). See deb-extra-override(5) for more  information
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46       -s, --source-override file
47           Use  file  as the source override file (the file can be com‐
48           pressed).  The default is the name of the override file  you
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51           The  source  override file is in a different format from the
52           binary override file. It contains only two whitespace  sepa‐
53           rated  fields,  the first is the source package name and the
54           second is the section. Blank lines  and  comment  lines  are
55           ignored  in  the normal manner. If a package appears in both
56           files the source override takes precedence for  setting  the
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59       --debug
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62       --help
63           Show the usage message and exit.
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SEE ALSO

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

72       Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
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76Debian Project                    2009-10-01               dpkg-scansources(1)
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