deb-split man page on Alpinelinux

Man page or keyword search:  
man Server   18016 pages
apropos Keyword Search (all sections)
Output format
Alpinelinux logo
[printable version]

deb-split(5)			    Debian			  deb-split(5)

NAME
       deb-split - Debian multi-part binary package format

SYNOPSIS
       filename.deb

DESCRIPTION
       The  multi-part	.deb format is used to split big packages into smaller
       pieces to ease transport in small media.

FORMAT
       The file is an ar archive with a magic  value  of  !<arch>.   The  file
       names might contain a trailing slash (since dpkg 1.15.6).

       The  first member is named debian-split and contains a series of lines,
       separated by newlines. Currently eight lines are present:

       ·   The format version number, 2.1 at the time  this  manual  page  was
	   written.

       ·   The package name.

       ·   The package version.

       ·   The md5sum of the package.

       ·   The total size of the package.

       ·   The maximum part size.

       ·   The	current	 part number, followed by a slash and the total amount
	   of parts (as in ‘1/10’).

       ·   The package architecture (since dpkg 1.16.1).

       Programs which read multi-part archives	should	be  prepared  for  the
       minor  format version number to be increased and additional lines to be
       present, and should ignore these if this is the case.

       If the major format version number has changed, an incompatible	change
       has been made and the program should stop. If it has not, then the pro‐
       gram should be able to safely continue, unless it encounters  an	 unex‐
       pected member in the archive (except at the end), as described below.

       The  second,  last required member is named data.N, where N denotes the
       part number. It contains the raw part data.

       These members must occur in this exact order.  Current  implementations
       should ignore any additional members after data.N.  Further members may
       be defined in the future, and (if possible) will be placed after	 these
       two.

SEE ALSO
       deb(5), dpkg-split(1).

Debian Project			  2012-04-09			  deb-split(5)
[top]

List of man pages available for Alpinelinux

Copyright (c) for man pages and the logo by the respective OS vendor.

For those who want to learn more, the polarhome community provides shell access and support.

[legal] [privacy] [GNU] [policy] [cookies] [netiquette] [sponsors] [FAQ]
Tweet
Polarhome, production since 1999.
Member of Polarhome portal.
Based on Fawad Halim's script.
....................................................................
Vote for polarhome
Free Shell Accounts :: the biggest list on the net