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== Ftp master's override ==
FTP masters can override some fields that are provided by the package maintainer. The purpose is to organize the archive, and select which packages are installed in a base system. The files that contains those hints are located in:
 * [[http://ftp.debian.org/debian/indices/]]

Requests to change those hints should filed as bug against the ''[[http://bugs.debian.org/ftp.debian.org|ftp.debian.org]]'' pseudo-packages.

== Fields that can be overridden ==
'''Priority:'''[``[[PolicyGlossary#priority|?]]] <<BR>>
'''Section:'''[``[[PolicyGlossary#section|?]]] (in file name like {{{override.lenny.main}}})
 Example: {{{
#package priority section [maintainerinfo]
base-files   required   admin
base-passwd  required   admin
bash         required   shells
dash         optional   shells
gdm          optional   gnome
}}}
 see [[DebianMan:5/deb-override|deb-override(5)]]

----
'''Task:'''[``[[tasksel|?]]] (in file name like {{{override.lenny.}}}__{{{extra}}}__{{{.main}}})
 Example: {{{
acpi      Task  laptop
alsa-base Task  desktop
anacron   Task  desktop, laptop
anthy     Task  japanese-desktop
apache2-mpm-prefork	Task	web-server
}}}

'''Tag:'''[``[[Debtags|?]]] (in file name like {{{override.lenny.}}}__{{{extra}}}__{{{.main}}})
 Example: ~-{{{
acpi-support  Tag     admin::hardware, admin::power-management, hardware::{laptop,power,power:acpi}, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::shell, role::program, use::driver
adduser       Tag     admin::user-management, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility
atftpd        Tag     admin::boot, admin::file-distribution, interface::daemon, network::server, protocol::tftp, role::program, works-with::file
}}}-~

== See Also ==
 * The Package Tracking System [[http://packages.qa.debian.org/|PTS]] is showing a message with discrepancies, when they exists.