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.

       The  file  should be named according to the vendor name.  The usual convention is to name the vendor file
       using the vendor name in all lowercase, but some variation is permitted.  Namely, spaces  are  mapped  to
       dashes  (‘-’),  and  the  file  can  have  the  same  casing  as  the value in Vendor field, or it can be
       capitalized.

FIELDS

       Vendor: vendor-name (required)
              The value of this field determines the vendor name.

       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: https://www.debian.org/
       Bugs: debbugs://bugs.debian.org

SEE ALSO

       dpkg-vendor(1)

1.19.0.5                                           2022-05-25                                      deb-origin(5)