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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 09:40:31 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 09:40:31 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man/deb-split.pod b/man/deb-split.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1d8cbb1 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/deb-split.pod @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +# dpkg manual page - deb-split(5) +# +# Copyright © 2009-2012 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> +# +# This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. +# +# This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +=encoding utf8 + +=head1 NAME + +deb-split - Debian multi-part binary package format + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +I<filename>B<.deb> + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +The multi-part B<.deb> format is used to split big packages into smaller +pieces to ease transport in small media. + +=head1 FORMAT + +The file is an B<ar> archive with a magic value of B<!E<lt>archE<gt>>. +The file names might contain a trailing slash (since dpkg 1.15.6). + +The first member is named B<debian-split> and contains a series +of lines, separated by newlines. Currently eight lines are present: + +=over + +=item * + +The format version number, B<2.1> at the time this manual page was +written. + +=item * + +The package name. + +=item * + +The package version. + +=item * + +The md5sum of the package. + +=item * + +The total size of the package. + +=item * + +The maximum part size. + +=item * + +The current part number, followed by a slash and the total amount of +parts (as in ‘1/10’). + +=item * + +The package architecture (since dpkg 1.16.1). + +=back + +Programs which read multi-part archives should be prepared for the minor +format version number to be increased and additional lines to be present, +and should ignore these if this is the case. + +If the major format version number has changed, an incompatible change has +been made and the program should stop. If it has not, then the program should +be able to safely continue, unless it encounters an unexpected member +in the archive (except at the end), as described below. + +The second, last required member is named B<data.>I<N>, where I<N> +denotes the part number. It contains the raw part data. + +These members must occur in this exact order. Current implementations +should ignore any additional members after B<data.>I<N>. +Further members may be defined in the future, and (if possible) will be +placed after these two. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +B<deb>(5), +B<dpkg-split>(1). |