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NAME

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

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

13       dd-list produces nicely formatted lists of Debian (.deb)  packages  and
14       their maintainers.
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16       Input  is  a list of source or binary package names on the command line
17       (or the standard input if --stdin is given).  Output is a list  of  the
18       following format, where package names are source packages by default:
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20              J. Random Developer <jrandom@debian.org>
21                     j-random-package
22                     j-random-other
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24              Diana Hacker <diana@example.org>
25                     fun-package
26                     more-fun-package
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28       This  is  useful when you want, for example, to produce a list of pack‐
29       ages that need to attention from their maintainers, e.g., to be rebuilt
30       when a library version transition happens.
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OPTIONS

33       -h, --help
34              Print brief help message.
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36       -i, --stdin
37              Read  package  names  from the standard input, instead of taking
38              them from the command line. Package names are whitespace  delim‐
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41       -d, --dctrl
42              Read  package list from standard input in the format of a Debian
43              package control file. This includes the status file,  or  output
44              of apt-cache. This is the fastest way to use dd-list, as it uses
45              the maintainer information from the input instead of looking  up
46              the maintainer of each listed package.
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48              If  no Source: line is given, the Package: name is used for out‐
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51       -z, --uncompress
52              Try to uncompress the --dctrl input before  parsing.   Supported
53              compression formats are gz, bzip2 or xz.
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55       -s, --sources Sources_file
56              Read package information from the specified Sources_files.  This
57              can be given multiple times.  The files can be gz, bzip2  or  xz
58              compressed.   If  the filename does not end in .gz, .bz2 or .xz,
59              then the -z option must be used.
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61              If no Sources_files are specified, dd-list will ask apt-get  for
62              an appropriate set of sources (if apt is at version greater than
63              1.1.8),         else         any         files          matching
64              /var/lib/apt/lists/*_source_Sources will be used.
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66       -u, --uploaders
67              Also list developers who are named as uploaders of packages, not
68              only the maintainers; this is the default behaviour, use  --nou‐
69              ploaders  to  prevent  it.  Uploaders  are  indicated with "(U)"
70              appended to the package name.
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72       -nou, --nouploaders
73              Only list package Maintainers, do not list Uploaders.
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75       -b, --print-binary
76              Use binary package names in the output instead of source package
77              names  (has no effect with --dctrl if the Package: line contains
78              source package names).
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80       -V, --version
81              Print the version.
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AUTHOR

84       Lars Wirzenius <liw@iki.fi>
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86       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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90Debian                            2011-10-27                        DD-LIST(1)