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This manual describes the policy requirements for the Debian distribution. This includes the structure and contents of the Debian archive and several design issues of the operating system, as well as technical requirements that each package must satisfy to be included in the distribution.
Copyright © 1996,1997,1998 Ian Jackson and Christian Schwarz.
These are the copyright dates of the original Policy manual. Since then, this manual has been updated by many others. No comprehensive collection of copyright notices for subsequent work exists.
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debian/changelog
debian/copyright
debian/rules
debian/substvars
debian/watch
debian/files
debian/README.source
debian/control
DEBIAN/control
.changes
dpkg-source
- packs and unpacks Debian source packagesdpkg-buildpackage
- overall package-building control scriptdpkg-gencontrol
- generates binary package control filesdpkg-shlibdeps
- calculates shared library dependenciesdpkg-distaddfile
- adds a file to debian/files
dpkg-genchanges
- generates a .changes
upload control filedpkg-parsechangelog
- produces parsed representation of a changelogdpkg-architecture
- information about the build and host system
dpkg-source
update-alternatives
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Debian Policy Manual
version 3.9.2.0, 2011-05-01