1dpkg-scansources(1)               dpkg suite               dpkg-scansources(1)
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NAME

6       dpkg-scansources - create Sources index files
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SYNOPSIS

9       dpkg-scansources [option...] 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  (since  dpkg  1.15.5).   See
19       deb-override(5) for the format of this file. Note: Since  the  override
20       file  is  indexed  by  binary,  not source packages, there's a bit of a
21       problem here. The current implementation uses the highest  priority  of
22       all the binary packages produced by a .dsc file for the priority of the
23       source package, and the override entry for  the  first  binary  package
24       listed  in  the  .dsc file to modify maintainer information. This might
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27       The path-prefix, if given, is prepended to the directory field  in  the
28       generated  source  index.  You generally use this to make the directory
29       fields contain the path from the top of the Debian archive hierarchy.
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31       Note: If you want to access the generated Sources file with apt(8)  you
32       will  probably  need  to  compress  the file with gzip(1) (generating a
33       Sources.gz file). apt ignores  uncompressed  Sources  files  except  on
34       local access (i.e.  file:// sources).
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OPTIONS

37       -n, --no-sort
38           Don't  sort  the  index records. Normally they are sorted by source
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42       -e, --extra-override file
43           Scan  file  to  find  supplementary  overrides  (since  dpkg
44           1.15.4;  the file can be compressed since dpkg 1.15.5).  See
45           deb-extra-override(5) for more information on its format.
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47       -s, --source-override file
48           Use file as the  source  override  file  (the  file  can  be
49           compressed  since  dpkg 1.15.5).  The default is the name of
50           the override file you specified with .src appended.
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52           The source override file is in a different format  from  the
53           binary  override  file.  It  contains  only  two  whitespace
54           separated fields, the first is the source package  name  and
55           the second is the section. Blank lines and comment lines are
56           ignored in the normal manner. If a package appears  in  both
57           files  the  source override takes precedence for setting the
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60       --debug
61           Turn debugging on.
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63       --help
64           Show the usage message and exit.
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66       --version
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SEE ALSO

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