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)