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

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

69       DPKG_COLORS
70           Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5).  The currently accepted
71           values are: auto (default), always and never.
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73       DPKG_NLS
74           If set, it will be used to decide whether to activate Native
75           Language Support, also known as internationalization (or i18n)
76           support (since dpkg 1.19.0).  The accepted values are: 0 and 1
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SEE ALSO

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