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16 Control files and their fields (from old Packaging Manual)
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Many of the tools in the ‘dpkg’ suite manipulate data in a common
format, known as control files.  Binary and source packages have control
data as do the ‘.changes’ files which control the installation of
uploaded files, and ‘dpkg’’s internal databases are in a similar format.

Syntax of control files

Syntax of control files<2>.

List of fields

List of fields<2>.