Source: sysnews Section: admin Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13) Maintainer: Debian QA Group Standards-Version: 4.6.1 Rules-Requires-Root: binary-targets Homepage: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/admin/login/ Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/sysnews Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/sysnews.git Package: sysnews Architecture: any Conflicts: news Replaces: news Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs: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.