deb-override(5)

NAME

   deb-override - Debian archive override file

SYNOPSIS

   override

DESCRIPTION

   While  most  information  about  a  package can be found in the control
   file, some is managed centrally by the distribution czars  rather  than
   by  the  maintainer  in  order  to offer some global consistency.  This
   information is found in the override file.

   The override file has a simple  whitespace-delimited  format.  Comments
   are allowed (denoted with a #).

        package priority section [maintainerinfo]

   package  is  the  name of the package. Entries in the override file for
   packages not found in the tree of binary packages are ignored.

   priority and  section  correspond  to  the  respective  control  fields
   available  in  the  .deb.  The  allowed  values  are  specific  to each
   distribution archive.

   maintainerinfo, if present, can be either the name of a maintainer  for
   an  unconditional  override,  or else oldmaintainer => newmaintainer to
   perform a substitution.

   The override files used to make the  official  Packages  lists  may  be
   found in the indices directory on any Debian mirror.

SEE ALSO

   dpkg-scanpackages(1), dpkg-scansources(1), apt-ftparchive(1).

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