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NAME
       dpkg-scansources - prog

SYNOPSIS
       dpkg-scansources [switch]... 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.  See dpkg-scanpackages 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 high-
       est priority of all the binary packages produced by a .dsc
       file for the priority of the source package, and the over-
       ride 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.

OPTIONS
       --debug
           Turn debugging on.

       --help
           Show the usage message and die.

       -n, --no-sort
           Don't sort the index records.  Normally they are
           sorted by source package name.

       -s, --source-override file
           Use file as the source override file.  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 man-
           ner.  If a package appears in both files the source
           override takes precedence for setting the section.

       --version
           Print the version number and exit.

SEE ALSO
       dpkg-scanpackages(s)

AUTHOR
       Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>



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