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!!NAME |
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deb-old - old style Debian binary package format |
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!!SYNOPSIS |
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''filename''__.deb__ |
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!!DESCRIPTION |
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The __.deb__ format is the Debian binary package file |
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format. This manual page describes the __old__ format, |
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used before Debian 0.93. Please see deb(5) for |
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details of the new format. |
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!!FORMAT |
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The file is two lines of format information as ASCII text, |
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followed by two concatenated gzipped ustar |
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files. |
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The first line is the format version number padded to 8 |
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digits, and is __0.939000__ for all old-format |
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archives. |
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The second line is a decimal string (without leading zeroes) |
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giving the length of the first gzipped tarfile. |
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Each of these lines is terminated with a single newline |
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character. |
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The first tarfile contains the control information, as a |
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series of ordinary files, described in ''Debian Packaging |
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Manual, section 2.2''. The file __control__ must be |
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present, as it contains the core control |
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In some very old archives, the files in the control tarfile |
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may optionally be in a __DEBIAN__ subdirectory. In that |
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case, the __DEBIAN__ subdirectory will be in the control |
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tarfile too, and the control tarfile will have only files in |
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that directory. Optionally the control tarfile may contain |
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an entry for `__.__', that is, the current |
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directory. |
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The second gzipped tarfile is the filesystem archive, |
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containing pathnames relative to the root directory of the |
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system to be installed on. The pathnames do not have leading |
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slashes. |
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!!SEE ALSO |
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deb(5), dpkg-deb(1), __deb-control__(5), |
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''Debian Packaging Manual''. |
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