Re: Small problems about the restructured Policy

[Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 04:05:20PM +0200, Philippe Batailler wrote:
> Hello maintainers,
> Here are some questions about the text of the policy, cvs version 1.119.
> 
> L806:
>           The package name is part of the file name of the
>           <tt>.deb</tt> file and is included in the control field
>           information.
>                       
> and is included in Package field of the "control" file?

Probably yes. What meant 'the control field information' is unclear to
me.

> L1294:
>             Packages which use the Debian Configuration management
>             specification may contain an additional
>             <prgn>config</prgn> script and a <tt>templates</tt>
>             file in their control archive.
> their control archive = their Debian dir?

No. (or maybe yes if you meant their DEBIAN dir). The control archive
it the control.tar.gz inside the deb. See dpkg-deb --control

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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