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## NAME
       deb-override - Debian archive override file

## SYNOPSIS
### override

## DESCRIPTION
       While most information about a package can be found in the control file, some is managed
       centrally by the distribution czars rather than by the maintainer in order to offer some
       global consistency.  This information is found in the override file.

       The override file has a simple whitespace-delimited format. Comments are allowed (denoted
       with a **#**).

           _package_ _priority_ _section_ [_maintainer-info_]

       _package_ is the name of the package. Entries in the override file for packages not found in
       the tree of binary packages are ignored.

       _priority_ and _section_ correspond to the respective control fields available in the .deb. The
       allowed values are specific to each distribution archive.

       _maintainer-info_, if present, can be either the name of a maintainer for an unconditional
       override, or else _old-maintainer_ **=>** _new-maintainer_ to perform a substitution.

       The override files used to make the official Packages lists may be found in the _indices_
       directory on any Debian mirror.

## SEE ALSO
       [**dpkg-scanpackages**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dpkg-scanpackages/1/markdown), [**dpkg-scansources**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dpkg-scansources/1/markdown), [**apt-ftparchive**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/apt-ftparchive/1/markdown).



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