1deb-origin(5)                     dpkg suite                     deb-origin(5)
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NAME

6       deb-origin - Vendor-specific information files
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SYNOPSIS

9       /etc/dpkg/origins/filename
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DESCRIPTION

12       The files in /etc/dpkg/origins can provide information about various
13       vendors who are providing Debian packages.
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15       They contain a number of fields, or comments when the line starts with
16       ‘#’.  Each field begins with a tag, such as Vendor or Parent, followed
17       by a colon and the body of the field. Fields are delimited only by
18       field tags. In other words, field text may be multiple lines in length,
19       but the tools will join lines when processing the body of the field.
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21       The file should be named according to the vendor name.  The usual
22       convention is to name the vendor file using the vendor name in all
23       lowercase, but some variation is permitted.
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25       Namely (since dpkg 1.21.10), first, non-alphanumeric characters
26       (‘[^A-Za-z0-9]’) are mapped to dashes (‘-’), then the resulting name
27       will be tried in sequence by lower-casing it, keeping it as is, lower-
28       casing then capitalizing it (that is upper-casing the first character),
29       and only capitalizing it.
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31       In addition, for historical and backwards compatibility, the name will
32       be tried keeping it as is without non-alphanumeric characters
33       remapping, then the resulting name will be tried in sequence by lower-
34       casing it, keeping it as is, lower-casing then capitalizing it, and
35       only capitalizing it.  And finally the name will be tried by remapping
36       spaces to dashes (‘-’), then the resulting name will be tried in
37       sequence by lower-casing it, keeping it as is, lower-casing then
38       capitalizing it, and only capitalizing it.
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40       But these backwards compatible module lookups will be removed during
41       the dpkg 1.22.x release cycle.
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FIELDS

44       Vendor: vendor-name (required)
45           The value of this field determines the vendor name.
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47       Vendor-URL: vendor-url
48           The value of this field determines the vendor URL.
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50       Bugs: bug-url
51           The value of this field determines the type and address of the bug
52           tracking system used by this vendor. It can be a mailto URL or a
53           debbugs URL (e.g., debbugs://bugs.debian.org/).
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55       Parent: vendor-name
56           The value of this field determines the vendor name of the vendor
57           that this vendor derives from.
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EXAMPLE

60        Vendor: Debian
61        Vendor-URL: https://www.debian.org/
62        Bugs: debbugs://bugs.debian.org
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SEE ALSO

65       dpkg-vendor(1)
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691.21.21                           2023-02-25                     deb-origin(5)
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