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DPKG-SCANPACKAGES(1) DPKG-SCANPACKAGES(1)
NAME
dpkg-scanpackages - create Packages files
SYNOPSIS
dpkg-scanpackages [-m medium] binarydir overridefile [pathprefix] > Packages
DESCRIPTION
dpkg-scanpackages sorts through a tree of Debian binary packages and creates a Packages
file, used by dselect(8) to tell the user what packages are available for installation.
These Packages files are the same as those found on Debian archive sites and CD-ROMs. You
might use dpkg-scanpackages yourself if making a directory of local packages to install on
a cluster of machines.
[-m medium] has to be used if you plan to create a set of multiple binary CD-ROMs.
binarydir is the name of the binary tree to process (for example, contrib/binary-i386).
It is best to make this relative to the root of the Debian archive, because every Filename
field in the new Packages file will start with this string.
overridefile is the name of a file to read which contains information about how the pack-
age fits into the distribution; see below. This file may be compressed with gzip(1) like
it is found in the /pub/debian/indices/ directory on the Debian FTP archive.
pathprefix is an optional string to be prepended to the Filename fields.
THE OVERRIDE FILE
While most information about a package can be found in the control file, some must be
filled in by the distribution czars rather than by the maintainer, because they relate to
the arrangement of files for release rather than the actual dependencies and description
of the package. This information is found in the override file.
The override file has a simple whitespace-delimited format. Comments are allowed (denoted
with a #).
package priority section [maintainerinfo]
package is the name of the package. Entries in the override file for packages not found
in the binary tree are ignored.
priority and section place the package within the release tree; these ought not to be
found in the control file. If the package is found in a subdirectory of binarydir, that
will be checked against section.
maintainerinfo, if present, can be either the name of a maintainer for an unconditional
override, or else oldmaintainer => newmaintainer to perform a substitution.
The override files used to make the official Packages lists may be found in the indices
directory on any Debian mirror.
DIAGNOSTICS
dpkg-scanpackages outputs the usual self-explanatory errors. It also warns about packages
that are in the wrong subdirectory, are duplicated, have a Filename field in their control
file, are missing from the override file, or have maintainer substitutions which do not
take effect.
SEE ALSO
dpkg(8), dselect(8), /usr/share/doc/multicd/readme.txt.gz.
Debian GNU/Linux 1998-10-16 DPKG-SCANPACKAGES(1)
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