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1.\" Title: apt\-sortpkgs
2.\" Author: Jason Gunthorpe
3.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.71.0 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
4.\" Date: 29 February 2004
5.\" Manual:
6.\" Source: Linux
7.\"
8.TH "APT\-SORTPKGS" "1" "29 February 2004" "Linux" ""
9.\" disable hyphenation
10.nh
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12.ad l
13.SH "NAME"
14apt\-sortpkgs \- Utility to sort package index files
15.SH "SYNOPSIS"
16.HP 13
17\fBapt\-sortpkgs\fR [\fB\-hvs\fR] [\fB\-o=\fR\fB\fIconfig\ string\fR\fR] [\fB\-c=\fR\fB\fIfile\fR\fR] \fIfile\fR...
18.SH "DESCRIPTION"
19.PP
20\fBapt\-sortpkgs\fR
21will 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.
22.PP
23All output is sent to stdout, the input must be a seekable file.
24.SH "OPTIONS"
25.PP
26All 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
27\fB\-f\-\fR,\fB\-\-no\-f\fR,
28\fB\-f=no\fR
29or several other variations.
30.PP
31\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-source\fR
32.RS 3n
33Use Source index field ordering. Configuration Item:
34APT::SortPkgs::Source.
35.RE
36.PP
37\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
38.RS 3n
39Show a short usage summary.
40.RE
41.PP
42\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
43.RS 3n
44Show the program version.
45.RE
46.PP
47\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-config\-file\fR
48.RS 3n
49Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use. The program will read the default configuration file and then this configuration file. See
50\fBapt.conf\fR(5)
51for syntax information.
52.RE
53.PP
54\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-option\fR
55.RS 3n
56Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary configuration option. The syntax is
57\fB\-o Foo::Bar=bar\fR.
58.RE
59.SH "SEE ALSO"
60.PP
61\fBapt.conf\fR(5)
62.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
63.PP
64\fBapt\-sortpkgs\fR
65returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
66.SH "BUGS"
67.PP
68[1]\&\fIAPT bug page\fR. If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
69\fI/usr/share/doc/debian/bug\-reporting.txt\fR
70or the
71\fBreportbug\fR(1)
72command.
73.SH "AUTHORS"
74.PP
75\fBJason Gunthorpe\fR
76.sp -1n
77.IP "" 3n
78Author.
79.PP
80\fBAPT team\fR
81.sp -1n
82.IP "" 3n
83Author.
84.SH "REFERENCES"
85.TP 3
861.\ APT bug page
87\%http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt