deb-origin(5)                                 Debian                                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 pro‐
       viding 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.

REQUIRED FIELDS
       Vendor: vendor-name
              The value of this field determines the vendor name.

OPTIONAL FIELDS
       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., deb‐
              bugs://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)



Debian Project                              2011-11-10                              deb-origin(5)