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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 18:35:28 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 18:35:28 +0000 |
commit | ea314d2f45c40a006c0104157013ab4b857f665f (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 1.22.4.upstream/1.22.4
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/man/deb-extra-override.pod b/man/deb-extra-override.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ec7c5cd --- /dev/null +++ b/man/deb-extra-override.pod @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +# 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/>. + +=encoding utf8 + +=head1 NAME + +deb-extra-override - Debian archive extra override file + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B<override> + +=head1 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. + +The extra override file has a simple whitespace-delimited format. +Comments are +allowed (denoted with a +B<#>). + +=over + +I<package> +I<field-name> +I<value> + +=back + +I<package> +is the name of the binary/source package. + +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. + +The extra override files used to make the official Packages lists may be found +in the +I<indices> +directory on any Debian mirror. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<dpkg-scanpackages(1)>, +L<dpkg-scansources(1)>, +L<apt-ftparchive(1)>. |