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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 [maintainer-info]
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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       maintainer-info, if present, can be either the name of a maintainer for
30       an unconditional override, or else old-maintainer => new-maintainer to
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33       The override files used to make the official Packages lists may be
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SEE ALSO

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