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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, spaces are mapped to dashes ('-'), and the file can have the same casing as the
value in Vendor field, or it can be capitalized.

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