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# `patch-modifying-debian-files`

A patch stored in `debian/patches/` modifies or creates files in the `debian` folder, but that folder is already under the maintainer's exclusive control.

It may be more appropriate to patch or create files in the upstream directory hierarchy, but often it is easier to place a copy in the `debian` folder.

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

## See also

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