Source: dctrl-tools Section: utils Priority: optional Maintainer: dctrl-tools developers Uploaders: Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho , Jon Bernard Standards-Version: 3.9.1 Build-Depends: gettext (>= 0.11-0), gcc (>= 3.0) Vcs-Git: git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/dctrl-tools.git Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/dctrl-tools.git;a=summary Package: dctrl-tools Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} Suggests: apt, debtags Conflicts: grep-dctrl Replaces: grep-dctrl Provides: grep-dctrl Description: Command-line tools to process Debian package information Debian package information is generally stored in files having a special file format, dubbed the Debian control file format (the dctrl format), a special case of the record jar file format. These tools operate on any files conforming in a general sense to that format and are therefore widely applicable whenever those formats are in play. . Included are: . grep-dctrl - Grep dctrl-format files grep-available - Grep the DPKG available database grep-status - Grep the DPKG status database grep-aptavail - Grep the APT available database grep-debtags - Grep the Debtags package database . sort-dctrl - Sort dctrl-format files . tbl-dctrl - Tabulate dctrl-format files . sync-available - Sync the dpkg available database with the apt database