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DD-LIST(1)                             General Commands Manual                            DD-LIST(1)

NAME
       dd-list - nicely list .deb packages and their maintainers

SYNOPSIS
       dd-list [-hiusV] [--help] [--stdin] [--sources Sources_file] [--dctrl] [--version] [--upload‐
       ers] [package ...]

DESCRIPTION
       dd-list produces nicely formatted lists of Debian (.deb) packages and their maintainers.

       Input  is a list of source or binary package names on the command line (or the standard input
       if --stdin is given).  Output is a list of the following  format,  where  package  names  are
       source packages by default:

              J. Random Developer <jrandom AT debian.org>
                     j-random-package
                     j-random-other

              Diana Hacker <diana AT example.org>
                     fun-package
                     more-fun-package

       This  is useful when you want, for example, to produce a list of packages that need to atten‐
       tion from their maintainers, e.g., to be rebuilt when a library version transition happens.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
              Print brief help message.

       -i, --stdin
              Read package names from the standard input, instead of taking them  from  the  command
              line. Package names are whitespace delimited.

       -d, --dctrl
              Read  package list from standard input in the format of a Debian package control file.
              This includes the status file, or output of apt-cache. This is the fastest way to  use
              dd-list,  as  it  uses the maintainer information from the input instead of looking up
              the maintainer of each listed package.

              If no Source: line is given, the Package: name is used for output, which  might  be  a
              binary package name.

       -z, --uncompress
              Try to uncompress the --dctrl input before parsing.  Supported compression formats are
              gz, bzip2 or xz.

       -s, --sources Sources_file
              Read package information from the specified Sources_files.  This can be given multiple
              times.   The files can be gz, bzip2 or xz compressed.  If the filename does not end in
              .gz, .bz2 or .xz, then the -z option must be used.

              If no Sources_files are specified, dd-list will ask apt-get for an appropriate set  of
              sources  (if  apt  is  at  version  greater  than  1.1.8),  else  any  files  matching
              /var/lib/apt/lists/*_source_Sources will be used.

       -u, --uploaders
              Also list developers who are named as uploaders of packages, not only the maintainers;
              this is the default behaviour, use --nouploaders to prevent it.  Uploaders  are  indi‐
              cated with "(U)" appended to the package name.

       -nou, --nouploaders
              Only list package Maintainers, do not list Uploaders.

       -b, --print-binary
              Use  binary package names in the output instead of source package names (has no effect
              with --dctrl if the Package: line contains source package names).

       -V, --version
              Print the version.

AUTHOR
       Lars Wirzenius <liw AT iki.fi>

       Joey Hess <joeyh AT debian.org>

Debian                                       2011-10-27                                   DD-LIST(1)