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Many of the tools in the dpkg
suite manipulate data in a common
format, known as control files. Binary and source packages have control data
as do the .changes
files which control the installation of
uploaded files, and dpkg
's internal databases are in a similar
format.
See Syntax of control files, Section 5.1.
It is important to note that there are several fields which are optional as far
as dpkg
and the related tools are concerned, but which must appear
in every Debian package, or whose omission may cause problems.
See List of fields, Section 5.6.
This section now contains only the fields that didn't belong to the Policy manual.
These fields in Packages files give the filename(s) of (the parts of) a package in the distribution directories, relative to the root of the Debian hierarchy. If the package has been split into several parts the parts are all listed in order, separated by spaces.
These fields in Packages
files give the size (in bytes, expressed
in decimal) and MD5 checksum 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.
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.
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.
This field in dpkg
's status file contains information about the
automatically-managed configuration files held by a package. This field should
not appear anywhere in a package!
These are still recognized by dpkg
but should not appear anywhere
any more.
The Debian revision part of the package version was at one point in a separate control field. This field went through several names.
Old name for Recommends.
Old name for Suggests.
Old name for Priority.
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Debian Policy Manual
version 3.9.2.0, 2011-05-01