Package file names

Is it a technical requirement (of dpkg, apt, and/or dak), that packages be named ${pkgname}_${version}_${arch}.${ext} (${pkgname}_${version}.${ext} for source), or merely (or mostly) policy? I note that dpkg-deb and dpkg-source name files correctly, in normal use at least, and that jennifer

Re: Package file names

On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 01:47:26PM +0200, Magnus Holmgren wrote: Is it a technical requirement (of dpkg, apt, and/or dak), that packages be named ${pkgname}_${version}_${arch}.${ext} (${pkgname}_${version}.${ext} for source), or merely (or mostly) policy? It's a technical requirement for apt