NAME¶
dpkg-scansources - create Sources index files
SYNOPSIS¶
dpkg-scansources [
option...]
binary-dir
[
override-file [
path-prefix]]
> Sources
DESCRIPTION¶
dpkg-scansources scans the given
binary-dir for
.dsc files.
These are used to create a Debian source index, which is output to stdout.
The
override-file, if given, is used to set priorities in the resulting
index records and to override the maintainer field given in the
.dsc
files. The file can be compressed. See
deb-override(5) for the format
of this file. NB: Since the override file is indexed by binary, not source,
packages, there's a bit of a problem here. The current implementation uses the
highest priority of all the binary packages produced by a
.dsc file for
the priority of the source package, and the override entry for the first
binary package listed in the
.dsc file to modify maintainer
information. This might change.
The
path-prefix, if given, is prepended to the directory field in the
generated source index. You generally use this to make the directory fields
contain the path from the top of the Debian archive hierarchy.
Note: If you want to access the generated Sources file with
apt(8)
you will probably need to compress the file with
gzip(1) (generating a
Sources.gz file). apt ignores uncompressed Sources files except on local
access (i.e.
file:// sources).
OPTIONS¶
- -n, --no-sort
- Don't sort the index records. Normally they are sorted by
source package name.
- -e, --extra-override file
- Scan file to find supplementary overrides (the file
can be compressed). See deb-extra-override(5) for more information
on its format.
- -s, --source-override file
- Use file as the source override file (the file can
be compressed). The default is the name of the override file you specified
with .src appended.
The source override file is in a different format from the binary override
file. It contains only two whitespace separated fields, the first is the
source package name and the second is the section. Blank lines and comment
lines are ignored in the normal manner. If a package appears in both files
the source override takes precedence for setting the section.
- --debug
- Turn debugging on.
- --help
- Show the usage message and exit.
- --version
- Show the version and exit.
SEE ALSO¶
deb-override(5),
deb-extra-override(5),
dpkg-scanpackages(1).