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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of deb-old</TITLE>
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<H1>deb-old</H1>
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Section: dpkg suite (5)<BR>Updated: 2020-03-23<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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deb-old - old style Debian binary package format
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<I>filename</I><B>.deb</B>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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The
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<B>.deb</B>
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format is the Debian binary package file format. This manual page
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describes the
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<B>old</B>
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format, used before Debian 0.93. Please see
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+deb">deb</A></B>(5)
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for details of the new format.
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>FORMAT</H2>
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The file is two lines of format information as ASCII text, followed by
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two concatenated gzipped ustar files.
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<P>
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The first line is the format version number padded to 8 digits, and is
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<B>0.939000</B>
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for all old-format archives.
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<P>
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The second line is a decimal string (without leading zeroes) giving
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the length of the first gzipped tarfile.
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<P>
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Each of these lines is terminated with a single newline character.
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<P>
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The first tarfile contains the control information, as a series of
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ordinary files. The file
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<B>control</B>
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must be present, as it contains the core control information.
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<P>
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In some very old archives, the files in the control tarfile may
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optionally be in a
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<B>DEBIAN</B>
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subdirectory. In that case, the
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<B>DEBIAN</B>
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subdirectory will be in the control tarfile too, and the control
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tarfile will have only files in that directory. Optionally the
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control tarfile may contain an entry for
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'<B>.</B>',
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that is, the current directory.
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<P>
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The second gzipped tarfile is the filesystem archive, containing
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pathnames relative to the root directory of the system to be installed
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on. The pathnames do not have leading slashes.
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+deb">deb</A></B>(5),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+dpkg-deb">dpkg-deb</A></B>(1),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+deb-control">deb-control</A></B>(5).
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DL>
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<DT id="1"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAE">FORMAT</A><DD>
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<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAF">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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</DL>
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This document was created by
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">man2html</A>,
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using the manual pages.<BR>
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Time: 00:06:02 GMT, March 31, 2021
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