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+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
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+<refentry id="deb-old.5">
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+ <refmeta>
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+ <refentrytitle>deb-old</refentrytitle>
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+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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+ <refmiscinfo class="source">Debian Project</refmiscinfo>
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+ <refmiscinfo class="manua"'>dpkg suite</refmiscinfo>
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+ </refmeta>
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+
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+ <refnamediv>
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+ <refname>deb-old</refname>
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+ <refpurpose>old style Debian binary package format</refpurpose>
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+ </refnamediv>
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+
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+ <refsynopsisdiv>
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+ <synopsis><filename>filename.deb</filename></synopsis>
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+ </refsynopsisdiv>
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+
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+ <refsect1>
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+ <title>Description</title>
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+
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+ <para>
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+ The <filename>.deb</filename> format is the Debian binary package file
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+ format. This manual page describes the <emphasis>old</emphasis> format,
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+ used before Debian 0.93. Please see
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+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>deb</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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+ for details of the new format.
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+ </para>
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+ </refsect1>
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+
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+ <refsect1>
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+ <title>Format</title>
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+
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+ <para>
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+ The file is two lines of format information as ASCII text, followed by
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+ two concatenated gzipped ustar files.
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+ </para>
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+
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+ <para>
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+ The first line is the format version number padded to 8 digits, and is
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+ <emphasis'>0.939000</emphasis> for all old-format archives.
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+ </para>
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+
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+ <para>
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+ The second line is a decimal string (without leading zeroes) giving the
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+ length of the first gzipped tarfile.
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+ </para>
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+
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+ <para>
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+ Each of these lines is terminated with a single newline character.
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+ </para>
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+
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+ <para>
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+ The first tarfile contains the control information, as a series of
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+ ordinary files, described in the Debian Packaging Manual. The file
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+ <filename>control</emphasis> must be present, as it contains the core
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+ control information.
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+ </para>
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+
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+ <para>
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+ In some very old archives, the files in the control tarfile may
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+ optionally be in a <filename>DEBIAN</filename> subdirectory. In that
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+ case, the <filename>DEBIAN</emphasis> subdirectory will be in the control
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+ tarfile too, and the control tarfile will have only files in that
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+ directory. Optionally the control tarfile may contain an entry for
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+ `<filename>.</filename>', that is, the current directory.
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+ </para>
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+
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+ <para>
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+ The second gzipped tarfile is the filesystem archive, containing
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+ pathnames relative to the root directory of the system to be installed
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+ on. The pathnames do not have leading slashes.
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+ </para>
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+ </refsect1>
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+
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+ <refsect1>
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+ <title>See Also</title>
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+
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+ <para>
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+ <citerefentry>
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+ <refentrytitle>deb</refentrytitle>
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+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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+ </citerefentry>,
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+
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+ <citerefentry>
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+ <refentrytitle>dpkg-deb</refentrytitle>
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+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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+ </citerefentry>,
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+
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+ <citerefentry>
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+ <refentrytitle>deb-control</refentrytitle>
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+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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+ </citerefentry>,
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+
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+ Debian Packaging Manual
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+ </para>
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+ </refsect1>
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+</refentry>
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+
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Wichert Akkerman