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NAME

6       deb-override - Debian archive override file
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SYNOPSIS

9       override
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DESCRIPTION

12       While  most  information  about  a  package can be found in the control
13       file, some is managed centrally by the distribution czars  rather  than
14       by  the  maintainer  in  order  to offer some global consistency.  This
15       information is found in the override file.
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17       The override file has a simple  whitespace-delimited  format.  Comments
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20            package priority section [maintainerinfo]
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22       package  is  the  name of the package. Entries in the override file for
23       packages not found in the tree of binary packages are ignored.
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25       priority and  section  correspond  to  the  respective  control  fields
26       available  in  the  .deb.  The  allowed  values  are  specific  to each
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29       maintainerinfo, if present, can be either the name of a maintainer  for
30       an  unconditional  override,  or else oldmaintainer => newmaintainer to
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33       The override files used to make the  official  Packages  lists  may  be
34       found in the indices directory on any Debian mirror.
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SEE ALSO

37       dpkg-scanpackages(1), dpkg-scansources(1), apt-ftparchive(1).
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411.18.25                           2018-06-26                   deb-override(5)
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