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. Note: 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).