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deb-override(5) 		   dpkg suite			 deb-override(5)

NAME
     deb-override - Debian archive override file

SYNOPSIS
     override

DESCRIPTION
     While  most  information  about a package can be found in the control file,
     some is managed centrally by the distribution  czars  rather  than  by  the
     maintainer  in order to offer some global consistency.  This information is
     found in the override file.

     The override file has a simple whitespace-delimited  format.  Comments  are
     allowed (denoted with a #).

	  package priority section [maintainerinfo]

     package  is the name of the package. Entries in the override file for pack-
     ages not found in the tree of binary packages are ignored.

     priority and section correspond to the respective control fields  available
     in the .deb. The allowed values are specific to each distribution archive.

     maintainerinfo,  if  present, can be either the name of a maintainer for an
     unconditional override, or else oldmaintainer => newmaintainer to perform a
     substitution.

     The override files used to make the official Packages lists may be found in
     the indices directory on any Debian mirror.

SEE ALSO
     dpkg-scanpackages(1), dpkg-scansources(1), apt-ftparchive(1).

1.19.8				   2022-05-24			 deb-override(5)

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