Re: RFD: translated description with dpkg
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Steve Greenland wrote:
> A standalone .deb w/o a Package file doesn't integrate into apt or
> dselect, so there's no where to show the descriptions. The only reason
> one would have an interest in such a .deb is that one already has a
> pretty good idea of what it is, presumably from an accompaning README,
> or the webpage with a link, or somesuch. I doubt very many people go
> around browsing random .debs with 'dpkg-deb -I'.
Packages files are produced from the contents of .debs.
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