man dpkg.cfg (Formats) - dpkg configuration file
NAME
dpkg.cfg - dpkg configuration file
DESCRIPTION
This file contains default options for dpkg. Each line contains a single option which is exactly the same as a normal commandline option for dpkg except for the leading dashes which are not used here. Comments are allowed by starting a line with a hash sign ("#").
FILES
/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg ~/.dpkg.cfg
AUTHOR
See /usr/share/doc/dpkg/THANKS for the list of people who have contributed to dpkg .