supermamon / dpkg-scanpackages-py

A Python implementation of Debian's `dpkg-scanpackages`

dpkg-scanpackages.py

A Python implementation of Debian's dpkg-scanpackages.

Requirements

This script requires python-dpkg. Install from PyPi using the pip tool:

pip install pydpkg

Usage

usage: dpkg-scanpackages.py [-h] [-v] [-m] [-a ARCH] [-t TYPE] [-o OUTPUT]
                            binary_path

positional arguments:
  binary_path

optional arguments:
  -h, --help                    show this help message and exit
  -v, --version                 show the version.
  -m, --multiversion            allow multiple versions of a single package.
  -a ARCH, --arch ARCH          architecture to scan for.
  -t TYPE, --type TYPE          scan for <type> packages (default is 'deb').
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT    Write to file instead of stdout

Caveats

• On Windows™, piping the output to a file results into a file with CRLF endings. File must me converted to unix-style (LF) line endings before using in an apt repo. Or use the --output parameter to save the output directly to file.

Changelog

• v0.4.0
  • --output parameter. Write to file instead of stdout.
• v0.3.0
  • --arch and --type parameter support
• v0.2.0
  • --multiversion parameter support
• v0.1.1
  • variable name correction
• v0.1.0
  • Base functionality. No switches available besides --help and --version