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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/>.
+
+=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
+
+B<dpkg-scanpackages>(1),
+B<dpkg-scansources>(1),
+B<apt-ftparchive>(1).