dpkg.cfg(5)

NAME
dpkg.cfg - dpkg configuration file

DESCRIPTION
This file contains default options for dpkg. Each line contains a single option which is exactly the same as a normal command line option for dpkg except for the leading hyphens which are not used here. Quotes surrounding option values are stripped. Comments are allowed by starting a line with a hash sign (‘#’).

FILES
/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*
/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg
~/.dpkg.cfg

AUTHOR
See /usr/share/doc/dpkg/THANKS for the list of people who have contributed to dpkg.

SEE ALSO
dpkg(1).