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- .TH deb\-extra\-override 5 "2009-08-16" "Debian Project" "dpkg utilities"
- .SH NAME
- deb\-extra\-override \- Debian archive extra override file
- .
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- override
- .
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- While most information about a binary/source package can be found in the
- control/.dsc file, all of it can be overridden when it's exported to
- Packages/Sources files. The extra override file contains those overrides.
- .PP
- The extra override file has a simple whitespace-delimited format. Comments are
- allowed (denoted with a
- .BR # ).
- .PP
- .in +5
- .I package
- .I field\-name
- .I value
- .in -5
- .PP
- .I package
- is the name of the binary/source package.
- .PP
- .I field\-name
- is the name of the field that is overridden.
- .I value
- is the value to put in the field. It can contain spaces as the line is split
- in no more than 3 columns when it's parsed.
- .PP
- The extra override files used to make the official Packages lists may be found
- in the
- .I indices
- directory on any Debian mirror.
- .
- .SH SEE ALSO
- .BR dpkg\-scanpackages (1),
- .BR dpkg\-scansources (1),
- .BR apt\-ftparchive (1).
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