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+# dpkg manual page - dpkg-scanpackages(1)
+#
+# Copyright © 1996 Michael Shields <shields@crosslink.net>
+# Copyright © 2006 Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
+# Copyright © 2007, 2009, 2011-2014 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+# Copyright © 2009 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+#
+# This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+=encoding utf8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+dpkg-scanpackages - create Packages index files
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+B<dpkg-scanpackages>
+[I<option>...] I<binary-path>
+[I<override-file>
+[I<path-prefix>]]
+B<E<gt>>
+I<Packages>
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+B<dpkg-scanpackages>
+sorts through a tree of Debian binary packages and creates a Packages
+file, used by
+L<apt(8)>,
+L<dselect(1)>,
+etc, to tell the user what packages are available for installation.
+These
+Packages files are the same as those found on Debian archive sites
+and media discs.
+You might use
+B<dpkg-scanpackages>
+yourself if making a directory of local packages to install on a cluster
+of machines.
+
+B<Note>:
+If you want to access the generated Packages file with
+L<apt(8)>
+you will probably need to compress the file with
+L<xz(1)>
+(generating a Packages.xz file),
+L<bzip2(1)>
+(generating a Packages.bz2 file) or
+L<gzip(1)>
+(generating a Packages.gz file).
+L<apt(8)>
+ignores uncompressed Packages files except on local access (i.e.
+B<file://>
+sources).
+
+I<binary-path>
+is the name of the tree of the binary packages to process (for example,
+B<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.
+
+I<override-file>
+is the name of a file to read which contains information about how the
+package fits into the distribution (the file can be compressed
+since dpkg 1.15.5); see
+L<deb-override(5)>.
+
+I<path-prefix>
+is an optional string to be prepended to the Filename fields.
+
+If more than one version of a package is found only the newest one
+is included in the output.
+If they have the same version and only
+differ in architecture only the first one found is used.
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over
+
+=item B<-t>, B<--type> I<type>
+
+Scan for *.I<type> packages, instead of *.deb.
+
+=item B<-e>, B<--extra-override> I<file>
+
+Scan I<file> to find supplementary overrides (the file can be
+compressed since dpkg 1.15.5).
+See
+L<deb-extra-override(5)>
+for more information on its format.
+
+=item B<-a>, B<--arch> I<arch>
+
+Use a pattern consisting of I<*_all.deb> and I<*_arch.deb> instead of
+scanning for all debs.
+
+=item B<-h>, B<--hash> I<hash-list>
+
+Only generate file hashes for the comma-specified list specified
+(since dpkg 1.17.14).
+The default is to generate all currently supported hashes.
+Supported values: B<md5>, B<sha1>, B<sha256>.
+
+=item B<-m>, B<--multiversion>
+
+Include all found packages in the output.
+
+=item B<-M>, B<--medium> I<id-string>
+
+Add an B<X-Medium> field containing the value I<id-string>
+(since dpkg 1.15.5).
+This field is required if you want to generate B<Packages.cd> files
+for use by the B<media> access method of B<dselect>.
+
+=item B<-?>, B<--help>
+
+Show the usage message and exit.
+
+=item B<--version>
+
+Show the version and exit.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over
+
+=item B<DPKG_COLORS>
+
+Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5).
+The currently accepted values are: B<auto> (default), B<always> and
+B<never>.
+
+=item B<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: B<0> and B<1> (default).
+
+=back
+
+=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
+
+B<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.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<dpkg(1)>,
+L<dselect(1)>,
+L<deb-override(5)>,
+L<deb-extra-override(5)>,
+L<dpkg-scansources(1)>.