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| author | Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> | 2017-07-08 18:15:21 +0200 |
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| committer | Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> | 2017-07-11 03:29:14 +0200 |
| commit | 40fb9578f690aeff0bb52e76797fc89994553c66 (patch) | |
| tree | f1dbc321f0389f8c0535350121fa3573e32913e5 /man | |
| parent | a6c063d50048a04d023785540fda910e9de9a304 (diff) | |
| download | dpkg-40fb9578f690aeff0bb52e76797fc89994553c66.tar.gz | |
man: Document Package-Type and Enhances fields in deb-control(5)
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diff --git a/man/deb-control.man b/man/deb-control.man index acf367c74..e95eb0041 100644 --- a/man/deb-control.man +++ b/man/deb-control.man @@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ field, see below). The value of this field determines the package name, and is used to generate file names by most installation tools. .TP +.BR Package\-Type: " \fBdeb\fP|\fBudeb\fP|\fItype\fP" +This field defines the type of the package. +\fBudeb\fP is for size-constrained packages used by the debian installer. +\fBdeb\fP is the default value, it is assumed if the field is absent. +More types might be added in the future. +.TP .BR Version: " \fIversion-string\fP (required)" Typically, this is the original package's version number in whatever form the program's author uses. It may also include a Debian revision number @@ -282,6 +288,10 @@ and fields. . .TP +.BI Enhances: " package-list" +This is a list of packages that this one enhances. +It is similar to\fBSuggests\fP but in the opposite direction. +.TP .BI Provides: " package-list" This is a list of virtual packages that this one provides. Usually this is used in the case of several packages all providing the |