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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "deb-extra-override",
    "section": "5",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/deb-extra-override/5/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-15T13:16:04Z",
    "synopsis": "",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "deb-extra-override - Debian archive extra override file\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "override",
                    "content": ""
                }
            ]
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "While most information about a binary/source package can be found in the control/.dsc file,\nall of it can be overridden when it's exported to Packages/Sources files. The extra override\nfile contains those overrides.\n\nThe extra override file has a simple whitespace-delimited format. Comments are allowed\n(denoted with a #).\n\npackage field-name value\n\npackage is the name of the binary/source package.\n\nfield-name is the name of the field that is overridden.\n\nvalue is the value to put in the field. It can contain spaces as the line is split in no more\nthan 3 columns when it's parsed.\n\nThe extra override files used to make the official Packages lists may be found in the indices\ndirectory on any Debian mirror.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "dpkg-scanpackages(1), dpkg-scansources(1), apt-ftparchive(1).\n\n\n\n1.21.1                                       2025-09-09                        deb-extra-override(5)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "deb-extra-override - Debian archive extra override file",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "dpkg-scanpackages",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dpkg-scanpackages/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "dpkg-scansources",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dpkg-scansources/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "apt-ftparchive",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/apt-ftparchive/1/json"
        }
    ]
}