apt-sortpkgs
Utility to sort package index files
Synopsis
apt-sortpkgs
[-s] [-o=config_string]
[-c=config_file] filename...
{-v | --version}
{-h | --help}
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description
apt-sortpkgs
will take an index file (source index or package index) and
sort the records so that they are ordered by the package
name. It will also sort the internal fields of each record
according to the internal sorting rules.
All output is
sent to standard output; the input must be a seekable
file.
options
All command
line options may be set using the configuration file, the
descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For
boolean options you can override the config file by using
something like
-f-,--no-f,
-f=no or several other variations.
-s,
--source
Use source index field
ordering. Configuration Item: APT::SortPkgs::Source.
-h,
--help
Show a short usage summary.
-v,
--version
Show the program version.
-c,
--config-file
Configuration File; Specify a
configuration file to use. The program will read the default
configuration file and then this configuration file. If
configuration settings need to be set before the default
configuration files are parsed specify a file with the
APT_CONFIG environment variable. See
apt.conf(5) for syntax information.
-o,
--option
Set a Configuration Option;
This will set an arbitrary configuration option. The syntax
is -o Foo::Bar=bar. -o and
--option can be used multiple times to
set different options.
diagnostics
apt-sortpkgs returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100
on error.
notes
1.
APT bug page
http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt
bugs
APT
bug page
[1]
. If you wish to report a bug in APT,
please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or
the reportbug(1) command.
see also
apt.conf
authors
Jason
Gunthorpe
APT
team