deb-origin(5) dpkg suite deb-origin(5)
NAME
deb-origin - Vendor-specific information files
SYNOPSIS
/etc/dpkg/origins/filename
DESCRIPTION
The files in /etc/dpkg/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
‘#’. Each field begins with a tag, such as Vendor or 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
(‘[^A-Za-z0-9]’) are mapped to dashes (‘-’), 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 (‘-’), 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.
FIELDS
Vendor: vendor-name (required)
The value of this field determines the vendor name.
Vendor-URL: vendor-url
The value of this field determines the vendor URL.
Bugs: 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/).
Parent: vendor-name
The value of this field determines the vendor name of the vendor
that this vendor derives from.
EXAMPLE
Vendor: Debian
Vendor-URL: https://www.debian.org/
Bugs: debbugs://bugs.debian.org
SEE ALSO
dpkg-vendor(1)
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