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  1. .\" dpkg manual page - deb-override(5)
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  19. .TH deb\-override 5 "2011-08-14" "Debian Project" "dpkg utilities"
  20. .SH NAME
  21. deb\-override \- Debian archive override file
  22. .
  23. .SH SYNOPSIS
  24. override
  25. .
  26. .SH DESCRIPTION
  27. While most information about a package can be found in the control file,
  28. some is managed centrally by the distribution czars rather than by the
  29. maintainer in order to offer some global consistency.
  30. This information is found in the override file.
  31. .PP
  32. The override file has a simple whitespace-delimited format. Comments are
  33. allowed (denoted with a
  34. .BR # ).
  35. .PP
  36. .in +5
  37. .I package
  38. .I priority
  39. .I section
  40. .RI [ maintainerinfo ]
  41. .in -5
  42. .PP
  43. .I package
  44. is the name of the package. Entries in the override file for packages
  45. not found in the tree of binary packages are ignored.
  46. .PP
  47. .I priority
  48. and
  49. .I section
  50. correspond to the respective control fields available in the .deb. The
  51. allowed values are listed in the Debian policy.
  52. .PP
  53. .IR maintainerinfo ,
  54. if present, can be either the name of a maintainer for an unconditional
  55. override, or else
  56. .I oldmaintainer
  57. .B =>
  58. .I newmaintainer
  59. to perform a substitution.
  60. .PP
  61. The override files used to make the official Packages lists may be found
  62. in the
  63. .I indices
  64. directory on any Debian mirror.
  65. .
  66. .SH SEE ALSO
  67. .ad l
  68. .nh
  69. .BR dpkg\-scanpackages (1),
  70. .BR dpkg\-scansources (1),
  71. .BR apt\-ftparchive (1),
  72. .BR /usr/share/doc/debian\-policy/policy.html/index.html .