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deb-src-files - Debian distribute files format
debian/files
This file contains the list of artifacts that are to be distributed
via the .changes control file.
The debian/files file has a simple whitespace-delimited format.
filename section priority [ keyword=value... ]
filename is the name of the artifact to distribute.
section and priority correspond to the respective control fields
available in the .deb. The allowed values are specific to each
distribution archive.
keyword=value... corresponds to an optional whitespace-delimited list
of attributes for this entry. The only currently supported keyword
is automatic with value yes, to mark automatically generated files.
This file is not intended to be modified directly, please use one of
dpkg-gencontrol or dpkg-distaddfile to add entries to it.
dpkg-genchanges(1), dpkg-distaddfile(1).
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⟨https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/⟩. If you have a bug report for
this manual page, see
⟨http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=dpkg⟩. This page
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Pages that refer to this page: dpkg-distaddfile(1) , dpkg-genchanges(1)