Source: sysnews Section: admin Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 11) Maintainer: Debian QA Group Standards-Version: 3.9.3 Rules-Requires-Root: binary-targets #Vcs-Git: git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/sysnews.git #Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/sysnews.git;a=summary Package: sysnews Architecture: any Conflicts: news Replaces: news Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Description: program to display system news The news command keeps you informed of news concerning the system. Each news item is contained in a separate file in the /var/lib/sysnews directory. Anyone having write permission to this directory can create a news file. . NOTE: This command has nothing to do with USENET news. It's more like an enhanced motd.