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.

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., 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: http://www.debian.org/
       Bugs: debbugs://bugs.debian.org

SEE ALSO

       dpkg-vendor(1)

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