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- <date>17 August 2009</date>
+ <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
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<refmeta>
<refpurpose>Utility to generate index files</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
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- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>apt-ftparchive</command>
- <arg><option>-hvdsq</option></arg>
- <arg><option>--md5</option></arg>
- <arg><option>--delink</option></arg>
- <arg><option>--readonly</option></arg>
- <arg><option>--contents</option></arg>
- <arg><option>-o <replaceable>config</replaceable>=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></arg>
- <arg><option>-c=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
- <group choice="req">
- <arg>packages<arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>path</replaceable></arg><arg><replaceable>override</replaceable><arg><replaceable>pathprefix</replaceable></arg></arg></arg>
- <arg>sources<arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>path</replaceable></arg><arg><replaceable>override</replaceable><arg><replaceable>pathprefix</replaceable></arg></arg></arg>
- <arg>contents <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>path</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>release <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>path</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>generate <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>config-file</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>section</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>clean <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>config-file</replaceable></arg></arg>
- </group>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
+ &synopsis-command-apt-ftparchive;
+
<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para><command>apt-ftparchive</command> is the command line tool that generates the index
files that APT uses to access a distribution source. The index files should
programs aside from &gzip;. When doing a full generate it automatically
performs file-change checks and builds the desired compressed output files.</para>
- <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given one of the
- commands below must be present.</para>
+ <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given,
+ one of the commands below must be present.</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>packages</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>packages</option></term>
<listitem><para>
The packages command generates a package file from a directory tree. It
takes the given directory and recursively searches it for .deb files,
<para>The option <option>--db</option> can be used to specify a binary caching DB.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>sources</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>sources</option></term>
<listitem><para>
The <literal>sources</literal> command generates a source index file from a directory tree.
It takes the given directory and recursively searches it for .dsc files,
used to change the source override file that will be used.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>contents</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>contents</option></term>
<listitem><para>
The <literal>contents</literal> command generates a contents file from a directory tree. It
takes the given directory and recursively searches it for .deb files,
The option <option>--db</option> can be used to specify a binary caching DB.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>release</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>release</option></term>
<listitem><para>
The <literal>release</literal> command generates a Release file from a
- directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for
- Packages, Packages.gz, Packages.bz2, Sources, Sources.gz,
- Sources.bz2, Release and md5sum.txt files. It then writes to
- stdout a Release file containing an MD5 digest and SHA1 digest
+ directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for uncompressed
+ <filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Sources</filename> files and ones
+ compressed with <command>gzip</command>, <command>bzip2</command> or <command>lzma</command>
+ as well as <filename>Release</filename> and <filename>md5sum.txt</filename> files by default
+ (<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Default-Patterns</literal>). Additional filename patterns
+ can be added by listing them in <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Patterns</literal>.
+ It then writes to stdout a <filename>Release</filename> file containing an MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 digest
for each file.</para>
<para>
Values for the additional metadata fields in the Release file are
e.g. <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin</literal>. The supported fields
are: <literal>Origin</literal>, <literal>Label</literal>, <literal>Suite</literal>,
<literal>Version</literal>, <literal>Codename</literal>, <literal>Date</literal>,
- <literal>Architectures</literal>, <literal>Components</literal>, <literal>Description</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ <literal>Valid-Until</literal>, <literal>Architectures</literal>,
+ <literal>Components</literal>, <literal>Description</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>generate</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>generate</option></term>
<listitem><para>
The <literal>generate</literal> command is designed to be runnable from a cron script and
builds indexes according to the given config file. The config language
required settings.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>clean</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>clean</option></term>
<listitem><para>
The <literal>clean</literal> command tidies the databases used by the given
configuration file by removing any records that are no longer necessary.</para></listitem>
tree manner. This only effects how the scope tag is handled.</para>
<para>
- The generate configuration has 4 separate sections, each described below.</para>
+ The generate configuration has four separate sections, each described below.</para>
- <refsect2><title>Dir Section</title>
+ <refsect2><title><literal>Dir</literal> Section</title>
<para>
The <literal>Dir</literal> section defines the standard directories needed to
locate the files required during the generation process. These
directories are prepended certain relative paths defined in later
sections to produce a complete an absolute path.</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>ArchiveDir</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>ArchiveDir</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the root of the FTP archive, in a standard
Debian configuration this is the directory that contains the
<filename>ls-LR</filename> and dist nodes.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>OverrideDir</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>OverrideDir</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the location of the override files.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>CacheDir</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>CacheDir</option></term>
<listitem><para>
- Specifies the location of the cache files</para></listitem>
+ Specifies the location of the cache files.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>FileListDir</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>FileListDir</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the location of the file list files,
if the <literal>FileList</literal> setting is used below.</para></listitem>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
- <refsect2><title>Default Section</title>
+ <refsect2><title><literal>Default</literal> Section</title>
<para>
The <literal>Default</literal> section specifies default values, and settings
that control the operation of the generator. Other sections may override
these defaults with a per-section setting.</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>Packages::Compress</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Packages::Compress</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the default compression schemes to use
- for the Package index files. It is a string that contains a space
+ for the package index files. It is a string that contains a space
separated list of at least one of: '.' (no compression), 'gzip' and
'bzip2'. The default for all compression schemes is '. gzip'.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Packages::Extensions</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Packages::Extensions</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the default list of file extensions that are package files.
This defaults to '.deb'.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Sources::Compress</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Sources::Compress</option></term>
<listitem><para>
This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal>
except that it controls the compression for the Sources files.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Sources::Extensions</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Sources::Extensions</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the default list of file extensions that are source files.
This defaults to '.dsc'.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Contents::Compress</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Contents::Compress</option></term>
<listitem><para>
This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal>
except that it controls the compression for the Contents files.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term>DeLinkLimit</term>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Translation::Compress</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal>
+ except that it controls the compression for the Translation-en master file.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>DeLinkLimit</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the number of kilobytes to delink (and
replace with hard links) per run. This is used in conjunction with the
per-section <literal>External-Links</literal> setting.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>FileMode</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>FileMode</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the mode of all created index files. It
defaults to 0644. All index files are set to this mode with no regard
to the umask.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>LongDescription</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies whether long descriptions should be included in the <filename>Packages</filename> file or split
+ out into a master <filename>Translation-en</filename> file.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
- <refsect2><title>TreeDefault Section</title>
+ <refsect2><title><literal>TreeDefault</literal> Section</title>
<para>
Sets defaults specific to <literal>Tree</literal> sections. All of these
variables are substitution variables and have the strings $(DIST),
$(SECTION) and $(ARCH) replaced with their respective values.</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>MaxContentsChange</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>MaxContentsChange</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the number of kilobytes of contents
files that are generated each day. The contents files are round-robined
so that over several days they will all be rebuilt.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>ContentsAge</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>ContentsAge</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Controls the number of days a contents file is allowed
to be checked without changing. If this limit is passed the mtime of the
the units are in days.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Directory</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Directory</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the top of the .deb directory tree. Defaults to
<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/</filename></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>SrcDirectory</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>SrcDirectory</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the top of the source package directory tree. Defaults to
<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/</filename></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Packages</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Packages</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the output Packages file. Defaults to
<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/Packages</filename></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Sources</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Sources</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the output Sources file. Defaults to
<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/Sources</filename></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term>InternalPrefix</term>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Translation</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sets the output Translation-en master file with the long descriptions if they
+ should be not included in the Packages file. Defaults to
+ <filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/i18n/Translation-en</filename></para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>InternalPrefix</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the path prefix that causes a symlink to be
considered an internal link instead of an external link. Defaults to
<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/</filename></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Contents</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Contents</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the output Contents file. Defaults to
- <filename>$(DIST)/Contents-$(ARCH)</filename>. If this setting causes multiple
- Packages files to map onto a single Contents file (such as the default)
+ <filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/Contents-$(ARCH)</filename>. If this setting causes multiple
+ Packages files to map onto a single Contents file (as is the default)
then <command>apt-ftparchive</command> will integrate those package files
together automatically.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Contents::Header</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Contents::Header</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets header file to prepend to the contents output.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>BinCacheDB</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>BinCacheDB</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the binary cache database to use for this
section. Multiple sections can share the same database.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>FileList</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>FileList</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree,
<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the given
file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>SourceFileList</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>SourceFileList</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree,
<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the given
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
- <refsect2><title>Tree Section</title>
+ <refsect2><title><literal>Tree</literal> Section</title>
<para>
The <literal>Tree</literal> section defines a standard Debian file tree which
consists of a base directory, then multiple sections in that base
The <literal>Tree</literal> section takes a scope tag which sets the
<literal>$(DIST)</literal> variable and defines the root of the tree
(the path is prefixed by <literal>ArchiveDir</literal>).
- Typically this is a setting such as <filename>dists/woody</filename>.</para>
+ Typically this is a setting such as <filename>dists/&stable-codename;</filename>.</para>
<para>
All of the settings defined in the <literal>TreeDefault</literal> section can be
- use in a <literal>Tree</literal> section as well as three new variables.</para>
+ used in a <literal>Tree</literal> section as well as three new variables.</para>
<para>
When processing a <literal>Tree</literal> section <command>apt-ftparchive</command>
performs an operation similar to:
-
<informalexample><programlisting>
for i in Sections do
for j in Architectures do
Generate for DIST=scope SECTION=i ARCH=j
-</programlisting></informalexample></para>
+ </programlisting></para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>Sections</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Sections</option></term>
<listitem><para>
This is a space separated list of sections which appear
- under the distribution, typically this is something like
+ under the distribution; typically this is something like
<literal>main contrib non-free</literal></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Architectures</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Architectures</option></term>
<listitem><para>
This is a space separated list of all the
architectures that appear under search section. The special architecture
'source' is used to indicate that this tree has a source archive.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term>BinOverride</term>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>LongDescription</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies whether long descriptions should be included in the <filename>Packages</filename> file or split
+ out into a master <filename>Translation-en</filename> file.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>BinOverride</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the binary override file. The override file
contains section, priority and maintainer address information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>SrcOverride</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>SrcOverride</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the source override file. The override file
contains section information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>ExtraOverride</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>ExtraOverride</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the binary extra override file.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>SrcExtraOverride</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>SrcExtraOverride</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the source extra override file.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
- <refsect2><title>BinDirectory Section</title>
+ <refsect2><title><literal>BinDirectory</literal> Section</title>
<para>
The <literal>bindirectory</literal> section defines a binary directory tree
with no special structure. The scope tag specifies the location of
section with no substitution variables or
<literal>Section</literal><literal>Architecture</literal> settings.</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>Packages</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Packages</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the Packages file output.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Sources</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Sources</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the Sources file output. At least one of
<literal>Packages</literal> or <literal>Sources</literal> is required.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Contents</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Contents</option></term>
<listitem><para>
- Sets the Contents file output. (optional)</para></listitem>
+ Sets the Contents file output (optional).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>BinOverride</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>BinOverride</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the binary override file.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>SrcOverride</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>SrcOverride</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the source override file.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>ExtraOverride</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>ExtraOverride</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the binary extra override file.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>SrcExtraOverride</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>SrcExtraOverride</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the source extra override file.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>BinCacheDB</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>BinCacheDB</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the cache DB.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>PathPrefix</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>PathPrefix</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Appends a path to all the output paths.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>FileList, SourceFileList</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>FileList</option></term><term><option>SourceFileList</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the file list file.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<refsect1><title>The Binary Override File</title>
<para>The binary override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scanpackages;. It
- contains 4 fields separated by spaces. The first field is the package name,
- the second is the priority to force that package to, the third is the
+ contains four fields separated by spaces. The first field is the package name,
+ the second is the priority to force that package to, the third is
the section to force that package to and the final field is the maintainer
permutation field.</para>
<para>The general form of the maintainer field is:
<refsect1><title>The Source Override File</title>
<para>
The source override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scansources;. It
- contains 2 fields separated by spaces. The first fields is the source
+ contains two fields separated by spaces. The first field is the source
package name, the second is the section to assign it.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>The Extra Override File</title>
<para>
The extra override file allows any arbitrary tag to be added or replaced
- in the output. It has 3 columns, the first is the package, the second is
+ in the output. It has three columns, the first is the package, the second is
the tag and the remainder of the line is the new value.</para>
</refsect1>
&apt-cmdblurb;
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term><option>--md5</option></term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--md5</option></term><term><option>--sha1</option></term><term><option>--sha256</option></term>
<listitem><para>
- Generate MD5 sums. This defaults to on, when turned off the generated
- index files will not have MD5Sum fields where possible.
- Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::MD5</literal></para></listitem>
+ Generate the given checksum. These options default to on, when turned off the generated
+ index files will not have the checksum fields where possible.
+ Configuration Items: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> and
+ <literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Index</replaceable>::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> where
+ <literal><replaceable>Index</replaceable></literal> can be <literal>Packages</literal>, <literal>Sources</literal> or
+ <literal>Release</literal> and <literal><replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> can be <literal>MD5</literal>,
+ <literal>SHA1</literal> or <literal>SHA256</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>-d</option></term><term><option>--db</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Make the caching databases read only.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term><term><option>--arch</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Accept in the <literal>packages</literal> and <literal>contents</literal>
+ commands only package files matching <literal>*_arch.deb</literal> or
+ <literal>*_all.deb</literal> instead of all package files in the given path.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Architecture</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>APT::FTPArchive::AlwaysStat</option></term>
<listitem><para>
- &apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in it is cachedb. If packages
+ &apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in a cachedb. If packages
are recompiled and/or republished with the same version again, this will lead to problems
as the now outdated cached metadata like size and checksums will be used. With this option
enabled this will no longer happen as it will be checked if the file was changed.
<listitem><para>
This configuration option defaults to "<literal>true</literal>" and should only be set to
<literal>"false"</literal> if the Archive generated with &apt-ftparchive; also provides
- <filename>Translation</filename> files. Note that it is currently not possible to create these
- files with <command>apt-ftparchive</command>.
+ <filename>Translation</filename> files. Note that the <filename>Translation-en</filename>
+ master file can only be created in the generate command.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
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