tag 608884 moreinfo thanks Hi,
I've attached an updated manual page that documents the Vendor-URL field and includes an example section. It covers all of the fields used by dpkg-vendor, reportbug, and the files on my Debian system. In order to resolve this issue, however, some new fields need to be added and I'm waiting on the reporter of #607850 to specify which ones those are. -- Matt Kraai https://ftbfs.org/kraai
.TH dpkg\-vendor 5 "2011-11-09" "Debian Project" "Debian" .SH NAME dpkg\-vendor \- Vendor-specific information files .SH SYNOPSIS .BI /etc/dpkg/origins/ filename .SH DESCRIPTION The files in \fB/etc/dpkg/origins\fP can provide information about various vendors who are providing Debian packages. They contain a number of fields, or comments when the line starts with \fB'#'\fP. Each field begins with a tag, such as \fBVendor\fP or \fBParent\fP, 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. .SH REQUIRED FIELDS .TP .BI Vendor: " vendor-name" The value of this field determines the vendor name. .SH OPTIONAL FIELDS .TP .BI 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/). .TP .BI Parent: " vendor-name" The value of this field determines the vendor name of the vendor that this vendor derives from. .TP .BI Vendor-URL: " vendor-url" The value of this field determines the vendor URL. .SH EXAMPLE .nf Vendor: Debian Vendor-URL: http://www.debian.org/ Bugs: debbugs://bugs.debian.org .fi .SH SEE ALSO .BR dpkg\-vendor (1)
