deb-origin(5) — Linux manual page

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

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       deb-origin - Vendor-specific information files

SYNOPSIS         top

       /usr/local/etc/dpkg/origins/filename

DESCRIPTION         top

       The files in /usr/local/etc/dpkg/origins can provide information
       about various vendors that are providing Debian packages.  These
       files 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.

       They contain a number of fields, or comments when the line starts
       with ‘#’.  Each field begins with a tag, such as Vendor or Parent,
       followed by a colon and the body of the field.  Fields are
       delimited only by field tags.  In other words, field text may be
       multiple lines in length, but the tools will join lines when
       processing the body of the field.

       The file should be named according to the vendor name.  The usual
       convention is to name the vendor file using the vendor name in all
       lowercase, but some variation is permitted.

       Namely (since dpkg 1.21.10), first, non-alphanumeric characters
       (‘[^A-Za-z0-9]’) are mapped to dashes (‘-’), then the resulting
       name will be tried in sequence by lower-casing it, keeping it as
       is, lower-casing then capitalizing it (that is upper-casing the
       first character), and only capitalizing it.

FIELDS         top

       Vendor: vendor-name (required)
           The value of this field determines the vendor name.

       Vendor-URL: vendor-url
           The value of this field determines the vendor URL.

       Bugs: bug-url
           The value of this field determines the type and address of the
           bug tracking system used by this vendor.  It can be a mailto
           URL or a debbugs URL (e.g., debbugs://bugs.debian.org/).

       Parent: vendor-name
           The value of this field determines the vendor name of the
           vendor that this vendor derives from.

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        Vendor: Debian
        Vendor-URL: https://www.debian.org/
        Bugs: debbugs://bugs.debian.org

SEE ALSO         top

       dpkg-vendor(1).

COLOPHON         top

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