+ 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
@@ -10876,10 +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.
@@ -10899,25 +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.
-
-
-
- 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.
+ See and [.
]
-
Creating package files -
dpkg-deb
@@ -11219,55 +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 .
@@ -11391,23 +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
@@ -11415,12 +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 .
@@ -11431,10 +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 .