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dcontrol(1)


NAME

   dcontrol -- Query package and source control files for all Debian
   distributions

SYNOPSIS

   dcontrol [options] package[modifiers] ...

DESCRIPTION

   dcontrol queries a remote database of Debian binary and source package
   control files. It can be thought of as an apt-cache webservice that
   also operates for distributions and architectures different from the
   local machine.

MODIFIERS

   Like apt-cache, packages can be suffixed by modifiers:

   =version
       Exact version match

   @architecture
       Query this only architecture. Use @source for source packages,
       @binary excludes source packages.

   /[archive:][suite][/component]
       Restrict to archive (debian, debian-backports, debian-security,
       debian-volatile), suite (always codenames, with the exception of
       experimental), and/or component (main, updates/main, ...). Use two
       slashes (//) to separate suite and component if the suite name
       contains slashes.  (Component can be left empty.)

   By default, all versions, suites, and architectures are queried. Refer
   to https://qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/dcontrol for currently supported
   values.

OPTIONS

   -s, --show-suites
       Add headers showing which distribution the control file is from.

   -d, --debug
       Print URL queried.

   -h, --help
       Show a help message.

   -V, --version
       Show version information.

CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

   The two configuration files /etc/devscripts.conf and ~/.devscripts are
   sourced by a shell in that order to set configuration variables.
   Command line options can be used to override configuration file
   settings.  Environment variable settings are ignored for this purpose.
   The currently recognised variable is:

   DCONTROL_URL
       URL to query. Default is https://qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/dcontrol.

AUTHOR

   This program is Copyright (C) 2009 by Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>.

   This program is licensed under the terms of the GPL, either version 2
   of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

SEE ALSO

   apt-cache(1)



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