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| 5 | <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> |
| 6 | %aptent; |
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| 8 | <!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent"> |
| 9 | %aptverbatiment; |
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| 11 | ]> |
| 12 | |
| 13 | <refentry> |
| 14 | |
| 15 | <refentryinfo> |
| 16 | &apt-author.jgunthorpe; |
| 17 | &apt-author.team; |
| 18 | &apt-email; |
| 19 | &apt-product; |
| 20 | <!-- The last update date --> |
| 21 | <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date> |
| 22 | </refentryinfo> |
| 23 | |
| 24 | <refmeta> |
| 25 | <refentrytitle>apt-sortpkgs</refentrytitle> |
| 26 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> |
| 27 | <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo> |
| 28 | </refmeta> |
| 29 | |
| 30 | <!-- Man page title --> |
| 31 | <refnamediv> |
| 32 | <refname>apt-sortpkgs</refname> |
| 33 | <refpurpose>Utility to sort package index files</refpurpose> |
| 34 | </refnamediv> |
| 35 | |
| 36 | &synopsis-command-apt-sortpkgs; |
| 37 | |
| 38 | <refsect1><title>Description</title> |
| 39 | <para><command>apt-sortpkgs</command> will take an index file (source index or package |
| 40 | index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package name. |
| 41 | It will also sort the internal fields of each record according to the |
| 42 | internal sorting rules.</para> |
| 43 | |
| 44 | <para> |
| 45 | All output is sent to standard output; the input must be a seekable file.</para> |
| 46 | </refsect1> |
| 47 | |
| 48 | <refsect1><title>options</title> |
| 49 | &apt-cmdblurb; |
| 50 | |
| 51 | <variablelist> |
| 52 | <varlistentry><term><option>-s</option></term><term><option>--source</option></term> |
| 53 | <listitem><para> |
| 54 | Use source index field ordering. |
| 55 | Configuration Item: <literal>APT::SortPkgs::Source</literal>.</para></listitem> |
| 56 | </varlistentry> |
| 57 | |
| 58 | &apt-commonoptions; |
| 59 | |
| 60 | </variablelist> |
| 61 | </refsect1> |
| 62 | |
| 63 | <refsect1><title>See Also</title> |
| 64 | <para>&apt-conf;</para> |
| 65 | </refsect1> |
| 66 | |
| 67 | <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title> |
| 68 | <para><command>apt-sortpkgs</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para> |
| 69 | </refsect1> |
| 70 | |
| 71 | &manbugs; |
| 72 | |
| 73 | </refentry> |