Re: Definitions of all sections in the Control file.

[Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org>]

Xuan Ngo <xuanngolist@yahoo.ca> writes:

> Where can I find the definitions of all sections in the Control file?
>
> Examples of sections: admin, cli-mono, comm, database, devel, debug,
> doc, editors, electronics, embedded, fonts, games, gnome, graphics,
> gnu-r, gnustep, hamradio, haskell, httpd, interpreters, java, kde,
> kernel, libs, libdevel, lisp, localization, mail, math, misc, net, news,
> ocaml, oldlibs, otherosfs, perl, php, python, ruby, science, shells,
> sound, tex, text, utils, vcs, video, web, x11, xfce, zope.

Well, the list of all sections is defined in policy:

  http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-subsections

As for descriptions of each of those, you could use:

  http://packages.debian.org/unstable/

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