On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 11:15:46AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.12.31.0058 +0100]: > > Surely there could be an alternate means of specifying the package > > version number, since you're not restricted to using the Usual > > Debian Tools -- remember, absolute minimalism here... > > debian/control and debian/changelog are the standards for Debian > source packages. debhelper is also more or less of a standard, which > uses them. Obviously, you can create DEBIAN/control (not the > capitals, now I am talking dpkg-deb) with other means, but then why > need debian/control.
Aah, well there's the thing -- we're talking absolute minimum requirements here. Debhelper is several levels above that, and we're even below the level of Debian source package. > > It's actually quite a fun mental game, this: "What do I *really* need, > > rather than what I'm accustomed to needing". > > ed(1), tar(1), dpkg-deb. gzip and (BSD) ar can replace dpkg-deb, I think. - Matt
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