From cbffab246997fb5a06211dfb706b54e5ae5bb59f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 16:58:51 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.21.22. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- man/deb-old.pod | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/deb-old.pod (limited to 'man/deb-old.pod') diff --git a/man/deb-old.pod b/man/deb-old.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c3f4d2d --- /dev/null +++ b/man/deb-old.pod @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +# dpkg manual page - deb-old(5) +# +# Copyright © 1995 Raul Miller +# Copyright © 1995-1996 Ian Jackson +# Copyright © 2000 Wichert Akkerman +# +# 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 . + +=encoding utf8 + +=head1 NAME + +deb-old - old style Debian binary package format + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +IB<.deb> + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +The +B<.deb> +format is the Debian binary package file format. This manual page +describes the +B +format, used before Debian 0.93. Please see +B(5) +for details of the new format. + +=head1 FORMAT + +The file is two lines of format information as ASCII text, followed by +two concatenated gzipped ustar files. + +The first line is the format version number padded to 8 digits, and is +B<0.939000> +for all old-format archives. + +The second line is a decimal string (without leading zeroes) giving +the length of the first gzipped tarfile. + +Each of these lines is terminated with a single newline character. + +The first tarfile contains the control information, as a series of +ordinary files. The file +B +must be present, as it contains the core control information. + +In some very old archives, the files in the control tarfile may +optionally be in a +B +subdirectory. In that case, the +B +subdirectory will be in the control tarfile too, and the control +tarfile will have only files in that directory. Optionally the +control tarfile may contain an entry for +‘B<.>’, +that is, the current directory. + +The second gzipped tarfile is the filesystem archive, containing +pathnames relative to the root directory of the system to be installed +on. The pathnames do not have leading slashes. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +B(5), +B(1), +B(5). -- cgit v1.2.3