> .deb is a very simple ar archive. You can use ar to display its > contents and to extract data.tar.gz which contains the package, > control.tar.gz contains the pre/post inst/rm scripts. > (filenames from memory, might be called slightly different) > > > Using the universally (well, Unixversally) supported .tar standard has > > The package inside .deb is a simple compressed tar archive.
I'd think the info-zip package would have been a better choice since you can extract individual elements without uncomressing the whole mess and you wouldn't need two layers of archiving. Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
