---
name: "convert-volatile-source"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "atools"
version: "20.2.2-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/convert-volatile-source"
---

# convert-volatile-source(1)

Convert volatile sources into local patches

## NAME

convert-volatile-source - Convert volatile sources into local patches

## SYNOPSIS

**convert-volatile-source** \[-h\] \[-p path\] \<apkbuild...\>

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  Show help mesage and quit

- **-p** \<path\>

  Path to binary used to find violations, defaults to **apkbuild-lint**

## DESCRIPTION

convert-volatile-source fetched remotes patches detected by **[apkbuild-lint(1)](/apkbuild-lint/1.md)** as described in the policy AL62 from **[alint(5)](/alint/5.md)**.

It also replaces the URL in the source= variable with the filename, the filename is decided by looking at the URL and checking if it has '::', if true then it uses whatever comes before the '::' (just like abuild), otherwise it uses the basename of the URL.

Note that it does not updates the checksum.