CONTENTS

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B Binary packages (from old Packaging Manual)

107

B.1 Creating package files  

dpkg deb

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B.2 Package control information files

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B.3 The main control information file:

control

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B.4 Time Stamps

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C Source packages (from old Packaging Manual)

111

C.1 Tools for processing source packages

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C.1.1

dpkg source

  packs and unpacks Debian source packages

. . . . . . . . 111

C.1.2

dpkg buildpackage

  overall package building control script

. . . . . . 112

C.1.3

dpkg gencontrol

  generates binary package control files

. . . . . . . . 112

C.1.4

dpkg shlibdeps

  calculates shared library dependencies

. . . . . . . . 113

C.1.5

dpkg distaddfile

  adds a file to

debian/files

. . . . . . . . . . . . 114

C.1.6

dpkg genchanges

  generates a

.changes

upload control file

. . . . . . 114

C.1.7

dpkg parsechangelog

  produces parsed representation of a changelog

114

C.1.8

dpkg architecture

  information about the build and host system

. . 114

C.2 The Debianised source tree

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C.2.1

debian/rules

  the main building script

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

C.2.2

debian/changelog

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C.2.3

debian/substvars

and variable substitutions

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C.2.4

debian/files

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C.2.5

debian/tmp

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C.3 Source packages as archives

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C.4 Unpacking a Debian source package without

dpkg source

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C.4.1 Restrictions on objects in source packages

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D Control files and their fields (from old Packaging Manual)

119

D.1 Syntax of control files

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D.2 List of fields

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D.2.1

Filename

and

MSDOS Filename

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

D.2.2

Size

and

MD5sum

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D.2.3

Status

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