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diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index 09a5e22..b4bb381 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -7,24 +7,26 @@ Standards-Version: 3.5.5 Package: attr Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} +Conflicts: xfsdump (<< 2.0.0) Architecture: any -Description: Utility for manipulating filesystem extended attributes - A utility for manipulating extended attributes on filesystem - objects, compatible with the SGI IRIX tool of the same name. +Description: Utilities for manipulating filesystem extended attributes + A set of tools for manipulating extended attributes on filesystem + objects, in particular getfattr(1) and setfattr(1). + An attr(1) command is also provided which is largely compatible + with the SGI IRIX tool of the same name. Package: attr-dev Section: devel Priority: extra -Depends: libc6-dev, attr +Depends: libc6-dev, attr (>= 2.0.0) +Conflicts: attr (<< 2.0.0) Architecture: any -Description: Extended attribute static libraries and headers. +Description: Extended attribute static libraries and headers attr-dev contains the libraries and header files needed to develop - programs which make use of extended attributes. + programs which make use of extended attributes. For Linux programs, + the documented system call API is the recommended interface, but an + SGI IRIX compatibility interface is also provided. . - This interface is compatible with the SGI IRIX extended attribute - interface, and makes use of an unofficial Linux system call. - . - Currently only XFS is supported, and the (experimental, unofficial) - system call interface is likely to change in the future. However, - the API built above this system call is unlikely to change and is + Currently only ext2, ext3 and XFS support extended attributes. + The SGI IRIX compatibility API built above the Linux system calls is used by programs such as xfsdump(8), xfsrestore(8) and xfs_fsr(8). |