dcontrol(1)

1DCONTROL(1)                                                        DCONTROL(1)
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NAME

6       dcontrol -- Query package and source control files for all Debian
7       distributions
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SYNOPSIS

10       dcontrol [options] package[modifiers] ...
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DESCRIPTION

13       dcontrol queries a remote database of Debian binary and source package
14       control files. It can be thought of as an apt-cache webservice that
15       also operates for distributions and architectures different from the
16       local machine.
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MODIFIERS

19       Like apt-cache, packages can be suffixed by modifiers:
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21       =version
22           Exact version match
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24       @architecture
25           Query this only architecture. Use @source for source packages,
26           @binary excludes source packages.
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28       /[archive:][suite][/component]
29           Restrict to archive (debian, debian-backports, debian-security,
30           debian-volatile), suite (always codenames, with the exception of
31           experimental), and/or component (main, updates/main, ...). Use two
32           slashes (//) to separate suite and component if the suite name
33           contains slashes.  (Component can be left empty.)
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35       By default, all versions, suites, and architectures are queried. Refer
36       to https://qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/dcontrol for currently supported
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OPTIONS

40       -s, --show-suites
41           Add headers showing which distribution the control file is from.
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43       -d, --debug
44           Print URL queried.
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46       --noconf, --no-conf
47           Ignore all configuration files (must be the first option).
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49       -h, --help
50           Show a help message.
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52       -V, --version
53           Show version information.
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CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

56       The two configuration files /etc/devscripts.conf and ~/.devscripts are
57       sourced by a shell in that order to set configuration variables.
58       Command line options can be used to override configuration file
59       settings.  Environment variable settings are ignored for this purpose.
60       The currently recognised variable is:
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62       DCONTROL_URL
63           URL to query. Default is https://qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/dcontrol.
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AUTHOR

66       This program is Copyright (C) 2009 by Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>.
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68       This program is licensed under the terms of the GPL, either version 2
69       of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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