Delegate deb(5) format description to the man page

The information in this section is in any case not very complete,
and covered already in way more detail by the man page.

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@@ -10896,25 +10896,9 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
       <heading>Binary packages (from old Packaging Manual)</heading>
 
       <p>
-       The binary package has two main sections.  The first part
-       consists of various control information files and scripts used
-       by <prgn>dpkg</prgn> when installing and removing.  See <ref
-       id="pkg-controlarea">.
+       See <manref name="deb" section="5"> and <ref id="pkg-controlarea">.
       </p>
 
-      <p>
-       The second part is an archive containing the files and
-       directories to be installed.
-      </p>
-
-      <p>
-       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
-       <file>deb(5)</file> man page.
-      </p>
-
-
       <sect id="pkg-bincreating"><heading>Creating package files -
       <prgn>dpkg-deb</prgn>
        </heading>