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 stanzas 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 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(8) ignores
       uncompressed Sources files except on local access (i.e.  file:// sources).

OPTIONS

       -n, --no-sort
           Do not sort the index stanzas.  Normally they are sorted by source package 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 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.

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 Language 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).