Chapter D. Control files and their fields (from old Packaging Manual)

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D.2.2

Size

and

MD5sum

These fields in

Packages

files give the size (in bytes, expressed in decimal) and MD5 check 

sum of the file(s) which make(s) up a binary package in the distribution. If the package is split

into several parts the values for the parts are listed in order, separated by spaces.

D.2.3

Status

This field in

dpkg

's status file records whether the user wants a package installed, removed or

left alone, whether it is broken (requiring re installation) or not and what its current state on

the system is. Each of these pieces of information is a single word.

D.2.4

Config Version

If a package is not installed or not configured, this field in

dpkg

's status file records the last

version of the package which was successfully configured.

D.2.5

Conffiles

This field in

dpkg

's status file contains information about the automatically managed config 

uration files held by a package. This field should not appear anywhere in a package!

D.2.6 Obsolete fields

These are still recognized by

dpkg

but should not appear anywhere any more.

Revision

Package Revision

Package_Revision

The Debian revision part of the package version was at one point in a

separate control file field. This field went through several names.

Recommended

Old name for

Recommends

.

Optional

Old name for

Suggests

.

Class

Old name for

Priority

.