X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=policy.sgml;h=50c0289fa7f2d682cbc40d7e5bb50c85a937323a;hb=5da78a06d531b211ab83cc50f7e988a4f559be5b;hp=58ef0eafdd882684884f04ab51f42468d5f1893b;hpb=a1de01868a49bf7eb4694829495f8ad1e69de800;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 58ef0ea..50c0289 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ distributed in some other way or is intended for local use only.

+ +

+ udebs (stripped-down binary packages used by the Debian Installer) do + not comply with all of the requirements discussed here. See the + for more + information about them. +

@@ -2153,7 +2161,7 @@ zope.

The architectures we build on and build for are determined by make variables using the - utility dpkg-architecture. + utility dpkg-architecture. You can determine the Debian architecture and the GNU style architecture specification string for the build architecture as well as for the host architecture. The build architecture is @@ -6735,7 +6743,7 @@ Built-Using: grub2 (= 1.99-9), loadlin (= 1.6e-1) The shlibs control files for all the packages currently installed on the system. These are normally found - in /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.symbols, but + in /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.shlibs, but packages should not rely on this and instead should use dpkg-query --control-path package shlibs if for some reason these files need to be @@ -10867,12 +10875,6 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY dpkg, dselect et al. and the way they interact with packages.

-

- It also documents the interaction between - dselect's core and the access method scripts it - uses to actually install the selected packages, and describes - how to create a new access method.

-

This manual does not go into detail about the options and usage of the package building and installation tools. It @@ -10882,10 +10884,7 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

The utility programs which are provided with dpkg - for managing various system configuration and similar issues, - such as update-rc.d and - install-info, are not described in detail here - - please see their man pages. + not described in detail here, are documented in their man pages.

@@ -10905,25 +10904,9 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY Binary packages (from old Packaging Manual)

- The binary package has two main sections. The first part - consists of various control information files and scripts used - by dpkg when installing and removing. See . -

- -

- The second part is an archive containing the files and - directories to be installed. + See and .

-

- In the future binary packages may also contain other - components, such as checksums and digital signatures. The - format for the archive is described in full in the - deb(5) man page. -

- - Creating package files - dpkg-deb @@ -11225,55 +11208,7 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

- dpkg-buildpackage is a script which invokes - dpkg-source, the debian/rules - targets clean, build and - binary, dpkg-genchanges and - gpg (or pgp) to build a signed - source and binary package upload. -

- -

- It is usually invoked by hand from the top level of the - built or unbuilt source directory. It may be invoked with - no arguments; useful arguments include: - - -uc, -us - -

- Do not sign the .changes file or the - source package .dsc file, respectively.

- - -psign-command - -

- Invoke sign-command instead of finding - gpg or pgp on the PATH. - sign-command must behave just like - gpg or pgp.

-
- -rroot-command - -

- When root privilege is required, invoke the command - root-command. root-command - should invoke its first argument as a command, from - the PATH if necessary, and pass its - second and subsequent arguments to the command it - calls. If no root-command is supplied - then dpkg-buildpackage will use - the fakeroot command, which is sufficient - to build most packages without actually requiring root - privileges.

-
- -b, -B - -

- Two types of binary-only build and upload - see - . -

-
- + See .

@@ -11397,23 +11332,10 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

- This program is usually called by package-independent - automatic building scripts such as - dpkg-buildpackage, but it may also be called - by hand. -

- -

- It is usually called in the top level of a built source - tree, and when invoked with no arguments will print out a - straightforward .changes file based on the - information in the source package's changelog and control - file and the binary and source packages which should have - been built. + See .

- dpkg-parsechangelog - produces parsed @@ -11421,12 +11343,7 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

- This program is used internally by - dpkg-source et al. It may also occasionally - be useful in debian/rules and elsewhere. It - parses a changelog, debian/changelog by default, - and prints a control-file format representation of the - information in it to standard output. + See .

@@ -11437,10 +11354,7 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

- This program can be used manually, but is also invoked by - dpkg-buildpackage or debian/rules to set - environment or make variables which specify the build and host - architecture for the package building process. + See .