Mention Debian/Ubuntu packages in AR format documentation
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Key: COMPRESS-133
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMPRESS-133
Project: Commons Compress
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: Archivers
Reporter: Bear Giles
Priority: Trivial
The documentation for the AR format can/should mention that it is the basis for
Debian/Ubuntu packages. A .deb file is actually an AR file with three elements:
_debian-binary_: version number ("2.0")
_data.tar.gz_: compressed tarball containing the package's files
_control.tar.gz_: compressed tarball containing the package's metadata
(information, installation and removal scripts, etc.)
People will normally want to use the Debian package management tools but it's
nice to know that we can access the 'original' content if necessary.
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