dpkg-scansources(1)						  dpkg utilities					       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 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 pro-
       duced 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).

Debian Project							    2011-08-14						       dpkg-scansources(1)