dpkg-vendor(1) — Linux manual page

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dpkg-vendor(1)                  dpkg suite                 dpkg-vendor(1)

NAME         top

       dpkg-vendor - queries information about distribution vendors

SYNOPSIS         top

       dpkg-vendor [option...] command

DESCRIPTION         top

       dpkg-vendor is a tool to query information about vendors listed in
       /usr/local/etc/dpkg/origins.  /usr/local/etc/dpkg/origins/default
       contains information about the current vendor.

       The origin files provide metadata about specific vendors, such as
       their URL or where to file bug reports, and are usually used both
       to determine the behavior of tools and resulting contents during
       package builds targeting a specific vendor, and to describe the
       provenance of packages.

       Packages can explicitly declare their vendor by including an
       Origin field, otherwise the vendor for a package without such
       field is assumed to be the one pointed to by the default origin
       symbolic link.

       The default symbolic link is also used to denote the origin of the
       current installation managed by dpkg, be that a full distribution
       or an overlay on top of an existing base system that contains
       either no packaging system or a native one.

       This program was introduced in dpkg 1.15.1.

COMMANDS         top

       --is vendor
           Exits with 0 if the current vendor is vendor.  Otherwise exits
           with 1.

       --derives-from vendor
           Exits with 0 if the current vendor distribution is a
           derivative of vendor, otherwise exits with 1.  It uses the
           Parent field to browse all ancestors of the current vendor.

       --query field
           Print on standard output the value of the vendor-specific
           field for the current vendor.

       --help
           Show the usage message and exit.

       --version
           Show the version and exit.

OPTIONS         top

       --vendor vendor
           Assumes the current vendor is vendor instead of discovering it
           with the DEB_VENDOR environment variable or
           /usr/local/etc/dpkg/origins/default.

ENVIRONMENT         top

       DEB_VENDOR
           This setting defines the current vendor.  If not set, it will
           discover the current vendor by reading
           /usr/local/etc/dpkg/origins/default.

       DPKG_COLORS
           Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5).  The currently
           accepted values are: auto (default), always and never.

       DPKG_NLS
           If set, it will be used to decide whether to activate Native
           Language Support, also known as internationalization (or i18n)
           support (since dpkg 1.19.0).  The accepted values are: 0 and 1
           (default).

SEE ALSO         top

       deb-origin(5).

COLOPHON         top

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Pages that refer to this page: deb-origin(5)deb-src-rules(5)deb-substvars(5)