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 -- see shy jo