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package-mapping.conf
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Description
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Used by :manpage:`check-ports(8)`.

This is a textfile where every line contains two fields -- separated by
white space (TAB or SPACE). Each field is a package name::

    installed-package-name  original-package-name

When :command:`check-ports` determines the package status for
`installed-package-name` then the repositories are checked with regard to
`original-package-name` also.

This is useful when the update status of renamed (private) forks (with
`installed-package-name`) should be checked against the original
parent package (with name `original-package-name`) also.


Examples
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Assume that package ``pack-orig`` is forked into a local package with
a different name ``my-forked-pack``. To let the tools :command:`check-ports`
and :command:`fports` to take this into account use::

    my-forked-pack pack-orig


See Also
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:manpage:`check-ports(8)`


Bugs
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