Chapter D. Control files and their fields (from old Packaging Manual)
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D.2.2
Size
and
MD5sum
These fields in
Packages
files give the size (in bytes, expressed in decimal) and MD5 check 
sum of the file(s) which make(s) up a binary package in the distribution. If the package is split
into several parts the values for the parts are listed in order, separated by spaces.
D.2.3
Status
This field in
dpkg
's status file records whether the user wants a package installed, removed or
left alone, whether it is broken (requiring re installation) or not and what its current state on
the system is. Each of these pieces of information is a single word.
D.2.4
Config Version
If a package is not installed or not configured, this field in
dpkg
's status file records the last
version of the package which was successfully configured.
D.2.5
Conffiles
This field in
dpkg
's status file contains information about the automatically managed config 
uration files held by a package. This field should not appear anywhere in a package!
D.2.6 Obsolete fields
These are still recognized by
dpkg
but should not appear anywhere any more.
Revision
Package Revision
Package_Revision
The Debian revision part of the package version was at one point in a
separate control file field. This field went through several names.
Recommended
Old name for
Recommends
.
Optional
Old name for
Suggests
.
Class
Old name for
Priority
.






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