Re: what is a "udeb"?
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 06:24:10AM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote:
> Hi, I am wondering what is a "udeb" file? I assume this means "Ubuntu
> deb", is that correct? I noticed a while ago that when I built a Debian
> source package (from Debian, not ubuntu) produced both a regular deb and
> a udeb. I forget which package it was.
>
> Does anyone know if there is any essential difference between the
> formats? Why does Ubuntu use some .deb packages and some .udebs?
Both Debian and Ubuntu have both .debs and .udebs, and the name .udeb
existed three-and-a-half years before Ubuntu did. .udebs are
non-policy-compliant packages used as debian-installer components. The
"u" is an ASCII representation of the Greek "mu", often used as an
abbreviation for "micro".
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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