Provided by:
dpkg-dev_1.14.24ubuntu1_all 
NAME
deb-override - Debian archive override file
SYNOPSIS
override
DESCRIPTION
While most information about a package can be found in the control
file, some must be filled in by the distribution czars rather than by
the maintainer, because they relate to the arrangement of files for
release rather than the actual dependencies and description of the
package. 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 [maintainerinfo]
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 place the package within the release tree; these
ought not to be found in the control file. If the package is found in a
subdirectory of binarydir, that will be checked against section.
maintainerinfo, if present, can be either the name of a maintainer for
an unconditional override, or else oldmaintainer => newmaintainer 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), dpkg-scansources(1), apt-ftparchive(1).