{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "deb-override",
    "section": "5",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/deb-override/5/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-16T03:27:44Z",
    "synopsis": "",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "deb-override - Debian archive override file\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "override",
                    "content": ""
                }
            ]
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "While most information about a package can be found in the control file, some is managed\ncentrally by the distribution czars rather than by the maintainer in order to offer some\nglobal consistency.  This information is found in the override file.\n\nThe override file has a simple whitespace-delimited format. Comments are allowed (denoted\nwith a #).\n\npackage priority section [maintainer-info]\n\npackage is the name of the package. Entries in the override file for packages not found in\nthe tree of binary packages are ignored.\n\npriority and section correspond to the respective control fields available in the .deb. The\nallowed values are specific to each distribution archive.\n\nmaintainer-info, if present, can be either the name of a maintainer for an unconditional\noverride, or else old-maintainer => new-maintainer to perform a substitution.\n\nThe 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-override(5)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "deb-override - Debian archive 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"
        }
    ]
}