Re: [PROPOSAL] definition of deb binary files

2003-12-07 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I made a proposal of an updated deb format definition. I based that on > the manpage deb (part of dpkg-dev), and on reverse engineering of > dpkg-deb/build.c. I hope I've written the standard in a right and easy > to understandable way. I did (b

Re: Bug#161593: [PROPOSAL] definition of deb binary files

2003-12-07 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Andreas Barth wrote: > IMHO this definition should become part of the policy; I propose > either an new chapter 12, or an addition to chapter 3 Binary packages, It should be part of the dpkg reference manual (partially online at www.dpkg.org). Patches against the text as you can find in

[PROPOSAL] definition of deb binary files

2003-12-07 Thread Andreas Barth
Hi, I made a proposal of an updated deb format definition. I based that on the manpage deb (part of dpkg-dev), and on reverse engineering of dpkg-deb/build.c. I hope I've written the standard in a right and easy to understandable way. I did (by purpose) not add anything about signatures etc, but I