Source: base-files Section: admin Priority: required Maintainer: Santiago Vila Standards-Version: 3.9.1 Package: base-files Provides: base Architecture: any Pre-Depends: awk Essential: yes Priority: required Replaces: base, miscutils, dpkg (<= 1.15.0) Breaks: initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3) Description: Debian base system miscellaneous files This package contains the basic filesystem hierarchy of a Debian system, and several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/debian_version, /etc/host.conf, /etc/issue, /etc/motd, /etc/profile, /etc/nsswitch.conf, and others, and the text of several common licenses in use on Debian systems.