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5.6.1 ‘Source’
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This field identifies the source package name.

In ‘debian/control’ or a ‘.dsc’ file, this field must contain only the
name of the source package.

In a binary package control file or a ‘.changes’ file, the source
package name may be followed by a version number in parentheses.  (1)
This version number may be omitted (and is, by ‘dpkg-gencontrol’) if it
has the same value as the ‘Version’ field of the binary package in
question.  The field itself may be omitted from a binary package control
file when the source package has the same name and version as the binary
package.

Package names (both source and binary, see Note: Package.) must
consist only of lower case letters (‘a-z’), digits (‘0-9’), plus (‘+’)
and minus (‘-’) signs, and periods (‘.’).  They must be at least two
characters long and must start with an alphanumeric character.

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   (1) It is customary to leave a space after the package name if a
version number is specified.