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# `invalid-field-for-derivative`

The specified field in `debian/control` does not match the required format for this Debian derivative.

Derivative distributions of Debian may enforce additional restrictions on such fields for many reasons including ensuring that:

- Debian maintainers are not contacted for forked or packages that are otherwise modified by the derivative.
- The original maintainer is still credited for their work (eg. in a `XSBC-Original-Maintainer` field).
- References to revision control systems (eg. `Vcs-Git`) are pointing to the correct, updated location.
- Fields that become misleading in the context of a derivative are removed.

Severity: | `error`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag