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+.\" dpkg manual page - deb-extra-override(5)
+.\"
+.\" Copyright © 2009-2010 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+.\"
+.\" This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+.\" (at your option) any later version.
+.\"
+.\" This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
+.\"
+.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+.\" along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+.
+.TH deb\-extra\-override 5 "%RELEASE_DATE%" "%VERSION%" "dpkg suite"
+.nh
+.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).