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&apt-email;
&apt-product;
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- <date>29 February 2004</date>
+ <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refpurpose>Utility to generate index files</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
- <!-- Arguments -->
- <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 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 to certain relative paths defined in later
+ 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-$(ARCH)/Packages</filename></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>Sources</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>Sources</option></term>
<listitem><para>
- Sets the output Packages file. Defaults to
+ Sets the output Sources file. Defaults to
<filename>$(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 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.
+ Note that this option is set to "<literal>false</literal>" by default as it is not recommend
+ to upload multiply versions/builds of a package with the same versionnumber, so in theory
+ nobody will have these problems and therefore all these extra checks are useless.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>APT::FTPArchive::LongDescription</option></term>
+ <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 the <filename>Translation-en</filename>
+ master file can only be created in the generate command.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
&apt-commonoptions;
</variablelist>
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