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diff --git a/man/deb-origin.pod b/man/deb-origin.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bf8080d --- /dev/null +++ b/man/deb-origin.pod @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +# dpkg manual page - deb-origin(5) +# +# Copyright © 2011 Matt Kraai <kraai@ftbfs.org> +# Copyright © 2011 Guillem Jover <guillem@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-origin - Vendor-specific information files + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B<%PKGCONFDIR%/origins/>I<filename> + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +The files in B<%PKGCONFDIR%/origins> can provide information about +various vendors who are providing Debian packages. + +They contain a number of fields, or comments when the line starts with +‘B<#>’. +Each field begins with a tag, such as B<Vendor> or B<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 +(‘B<[^A-Za-z0-9]>’) are mapped to dashes (‘B<->’), 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. + +In addition, for historical and backwards compatibility, the name will +be tried keeping it as is without non-alphanumeric characters remapping, +then the resulting name will be tried in sequence by lower-casing it, +keeping it as is, lower-casing then capitalizing it, and only capitalizing it. +And finally the name will be tried by remapping spaces to dashes (‘B<->’), +then the resulting name will be tried in sequence by lower-casing it, +keeping it as is, lower-casing then capitalizing it, and only capitalizing it. + +But these backwards compatible module lookups will be removed during the +dpkg 1.22.x release cycle. + +=head1 FIELDS + +=over + +=item B<Vendor:> I<vendor-name> (required) + +The value of this field determines the vendor name. + +=item B<Vendor-URL:> I<vendor-url> + +The value of this field determines the vendor URL. + +=item B<Bugs:> I<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/). + +=item B<Parent:> I<vendor-name> + +The value of this field determines the vendor name of the vendor that +this vendor derives from. + +=back + +=head1 EXAMPLE + + Vendor: Debian + Vendor-URL: https://www.debian.org/ + Bugs: debbugs://bugs.debian.org + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<dpkg-vendor(1)>. |