Debian Policy Manual
  • 1. About this manual
  • 2. The Debian Archive
  • 3. Binary packages
  • 4. Source packages
  • 5. Control files and their fields
  • 6. Package maintainer scripts and installation procedure
  • 7. Declaring relationships between packages
  • 8. Shared libraries
  • 9. The Operating System
  • 10. Files
  • 11. Customized programs
  • 12. Documentation

Appendices

  • 1. Introduction and scope of these appendices
  • 2. Binary packages (from old Packaging Manual)
  • 3. Source packages (from old Packaging Manual)
  • 4. Control files and their fields (from old Packaging Manual)
  • 5. Configuration file handling (from old Packaging Manual)
  • 6. Alternative versions of an interface - update-alternatives (from old Packaging Manual)
  • 7. Diversions - overriding a package’s version of a file (from old Packaging Manual)
  • 8. Debian Policy changes process
  • 9. Maintainer script flowcharts
  • 10. Upgrading checklist
  • 11. License
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