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

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 in-
     dex records and to override the maintainer field given in the  .dsc  files.
     The  file	can  be compressed (since dpkg 1.15.5).  See deb-override(5) for
     the format of this file. Note: Since the override file is	indexed  by  bi-
     nary, not source packages, there's a bit of a problem here. The current im-
     plementation  uses the highest priority of all the binary packages produced
     by a .dsc file for the priority of the source package, and the override en-
     try for the first binary package listed in the .dsc file  to  modify  main-
     tainer information. This might change.

     The  path-prefix, if given, is prepended to the directory field in the gen-
     erated 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 pack-
	 age name.

     -e, --extra-override file
	 Scan file to find supplementary overrides (since dpkg 1.15.4; the  file
	 can  be  compressed  since dpkg 1.15.5).  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  since
	 dpkg  1.15.5).  The default is the name of the override file you speci-
	 fied with .src appended.

	 The source override file is in a different format from the binary over-
	 ride 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  ap-
	 pears	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.

ENVIRONMENT
     DPKG_COLORS
	    Sets the color mode (since dpkg  1.18.5).	The  currently	accepted
	    values are: auto (default), always and never.

     DPKG_NLS
	    If	set,  it  will be used to decide whether to activate Native Lan-
	    guage Support, also known as internationalization (or i18n)  support
	    (since dpkg 1.19.0).  The accepted values are: 0 and 1 (default).

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

1.19.8				   2022-05-24		     dpkg-scansources(1)

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