andreas palsson wrote:
> Earlier today I talked with a guy on irc about debian packages.
> He told me that a .DEB-file isn't just a renamed .TAR.GZ-file but also
> been thru 'ar'.
>
> To be more specific, is the files first tar:ed, gzip:ed and then ar:ed?
>
> I really can't find any reason why 'ar' should be used, since tar and
> gzip should do be able to archive a package enough?
man 5 deb
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