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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+
+<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
+%aptent;
+
+]>
+
+<refentry>
+ &apt-docinfo;
+ 
+ <refmeta>
+   <refentrytitle>apt-sortpkgs</refentrytitle>
+   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+ 
+ <!-- Man page title -->
+ <refnamediv>
+    <refname>apt-sortpkgs</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Utility to sort package index files</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <!-- Arguments -->
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+   <cmdsynopsis>
+      <command>apt-sortpkgs</command>
+      <arg><option>-hvs</option></arg>
+      <arg><option>-o=<replaceable>config string</replaceable></option></arg>
+      <arg><option>-c=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
+      <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
+   </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+ 
+ <refsect1><title>Description</title>
+   <para><command>apt-sortpkgs</command> 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>
+
+   <para>
+   All output is sent to stdout, the input must be a seekable file.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+ 
+ <refsect1><title>options</title>
+   &apt-cmdblurb;
+   
+   <variablelist>
+     <varlistentry><term><option>-s</option></term><term><option>--source</option></term>
+     <listitem><para>
+     Use Source index field ordering.
+     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::SortPkgs::Source</literal>.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+   
+     &apt-commonoptions;
+     
+   </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
+   <para>&apt-conf;</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
+   <para><command>apt-sortpkgs</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ &manbugs;
+ &manauthor;
+ 
+</refentry>