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+<!-- -*- mode: sgml; mode: fold -*- -->
+<!doctype refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN" [
+
+<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
+%aptent;
+
+]>
+
+<refentry>
+ &apt-docinfo;
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>apt-sortpkgs</>
+ <manvolnum>1</>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <!-- Man page title -->
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>apt-sortpkgs</>
+ <refpurpose>Utility to sort package index files</>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <!-- Arguments -->
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>apt-config</>
+ <arg><option>-hvs</></arg>
+ <arg><option>-o=<replaceable/config string/</></arg>
+ <arg><option>-c=<replaceable/file/</></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <RefSect1><Title>Description</>
+ <para>
+ <command/apt-sortpkgs/ will take an index file (Source index or Package
+ index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package name.
+ It will also sort the internal fields of each record according to the
+ internal sorting rules.
+
+ <para>
+ All output is sent to stdout, the input must be a seekable file.
+ </RefSect1>
+
+ <RefSect1><Title>Options</>
+ &apt-cmdblurb;
+
+ <VariableList>
+ <VarListEntry><term><option/-s/</><term><option/--source/</>
+ <ListItem><Para>
+ Use Source index field ordering.
+ Configuration Item: <literal/APT::SortPkgs::Source/.
+ </VarListEntry>
+
+ &apt-commonoptions;
+
+ </VariableList>
+ </RefSect1>
+
+ <RefSect1><Title>See Also</>
+ <para>
+ &apt-conf;
+ </RefSect1>
+
+ <RefSect1><Title>Diagnostics</>
+ <para>
+ <command/apt-sortpkgs/ returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
+ </RefSect1>
+
+ &manbugs;
+ &manauthor;
+
+</refentry>