No "Section: XXX" ?

[Nicolas Boos <nicolas.boos@wanadoo.fr>]

Hello,

On file « sysvinit_2.84-2woody1_i386.deb », I'm doing that :

   ar x sysvinit_2.84-2woody1_i386.deb && \
   tar Oxfz control.tar.gz ./control

The std output is :

   Package: sysvinit
   Version: 2.84-2woody1
   Architecture: i386
   Essential: yes
   Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4)
   Depends: dpkg (>= 1.4.0.21), mount (>= 2.7i-1), util-linux (>= 2.9t-2), e2fsprogs (>= 1.15-1)
   Conflicts: last, file-rc (<= 0.5.7), kbd (<< 0.95-2), mdutils (<< 0.35-9)
   Replaces: last, bsdutils (<=2.0-2), dpkg (<< 1.9.17)
   Installed-Size: 260
   Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
   Description: System-V like init.
    Init is the first program to run after your system is booted, and
    continues to run as process number 1 until your system halts. Init's
    job is to start other programs that are essential to the operation of
    your system. All processes are descended from init. For more information,
    see the manual page init(8).

My (silly?) question ; why there is no "Section: base" in this control file ?

Are also affected all these packages - not only, but I can't check more with my 56k :

   biff_0.17.pre20000412-1_i386.deb
   cdtool_2.1.5-4.1_i386.deb
   cpio_2.4.2-39_i386.deb
   elvis-tiny_1.4-18_i386.deb
   emacsen-common_1.4.15_all.deb
   exim_3.35-1_i386.deb
   ldso_1.9.11-15_i386.deb
   libcompfaceg1-dev_1989.11.11-23_i386.deb
   libident_0.22-2.deb
   manpages-fr_0.9.3-1_all.deb
   netenv_0.82-12_i386.deb
   rcs_5.7-13.deb
   svgalib-dummyg1_1.4.0-2.2_i386.deb
   xscreensaver_3.34-3_i386.deb

Please CCing me on replies.

A++

                                                                        Nicolas