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</p></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">2012-06-25</p></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="scope.html">1. Scope of This Document</a></span></dt><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="new-maintainer.html">2. Applying to Become a Maintainer</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="new-maintainer.html#getting-started">2.1. Getting started</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="new-maintainer.html#mentors">2.2. Debian mentors and sponsors</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="new-maintainer.html#registering">2.3. Registering as a Debian developer</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="developer-duties.html">3. Debian Developer's Duties</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#package-maintainer-duties">3.1. Package Maintainer's Duties</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#help-release">3.1.1. Work towards the next <code class="literal">stable</code> release</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#maintain-stable">3.1.2. Maintain packages in <code class="literal">stable</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#rc-bugs">3.1.3. Manage release-critical bugs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#upstream-coordination">3.1.4. Coordination with upstream developers</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#administrative-duties">3.2. Administrative Duties</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#user-maint">3.2.1. Maintaining your Debian information</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#key-maint">3.2.2. Maintaining your public key</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#voting">3.2.3. Voting</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#inform-vacation">3.2.4. Going on vacation gracefully</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#s3.7">3.2.5. Retiring</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#returning">3.2.6. Returning after retirement</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="resources.html">4. Resources for Debian Developers</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#mailing-lists">4.1. Mailing lists</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#mailing-lists-rules">4.1.1. Basic rules for use</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#core-devel-mailing-lists">4.1.2. Core development mailing lists</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#mailing-lists-special">4.1.3. Special lists</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#mailing-lists-new">4.1.4. Requesting new development-related lists</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#irc-channels">4.2. IRC channels</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#doc-rsrcs">4.3. Documentation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#server-machines">4.4. Debian machines</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#servers-bugs">4.4.1. The bugs server</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#servers-ftp-master">4.4.2. The ftp-master server</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#servers-www">4.4.3. The www-master server</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#servers-people">4.4.4. The people web server</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#servers-vcs">4.4.5. The VCS servers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#dchroot">4.4.6. chroots to different distributions</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#devel-db">4.5. The Developers Database</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#archive">4.6. The Debian archive</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#archive-sections">4.6.1. Sections</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#s4.6.2">4.6.2. Architectures</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#s4.6.3">4.6.3. Packages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#s4.6.4">4.6.4. Distributions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#codenames">4.6.5. Release code names</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#mirrors">4.7. Debian mirrors</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#incoming-system">4.8. The Incoming system</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#pkg-info">4.9. Package information</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#pkg-info-web">4.9.1. On the web</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#dak-ls">4.9.2. The <span class="command"><strong>dak ls</strong></span> utility</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#pkg-tracking-system">4.10. The Package Tracking System</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#pts-commands">4.10.1. The PTS email interface</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#pts-mail-filtering">4.10.2. Filtering PTS mails</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#pts-vcs-commit">4.10.3. Forwarding VCS commits in the PTS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#pts-web">4.10.4. The PTS web interface</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#ddpo">4.11. Developer's packages overview</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#alioth">4.12. Debian's FusionForge installation: Alioth</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#developer-misc">4.13. Goodies for Developers</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#lwn">4.13.1. LWN Subscriptions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#gandi">4.13.2. Gandi.net Hosting Discount</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="pkgs.html">5. Managing Packages</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#newpackage">5.1. New packages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#changelog-entries">5.2. Recording changes in the package</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#sanitycheck">5.3. Testing the package</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#sourcelayout">5.4. Layout of the source package</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#distribution">5.5. Picking a distribution</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#upload-stable">5.5.1. Special case: uploads to the <code class="literal">stable</code> and
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<code class="literal">oldstable</code> distributions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#upload-t-p-u">5.5.2. Special case: uploads to <code class="literal">testing/testing-proposed-updates</code></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#upload">5.6. Uploading a package</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#upload-ftp-master">5.6.1. Uploading to <code class="literal">ftp-master</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#delayed-incoming">5.6.2. Delayed uploads</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#s5.6.4">5.6.3. Security uploads</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#s5.6.5">5.6.4. Other upload queues</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#upload-notification">5.6.5. Notification that a new package has been installed</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#override-file">5.7. Specifying the package section, subsection and priority</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#bug-handling">5.8. Handling bugs</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#bug-monitoring">5.8.1. Monitoring bugs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#bug-answering">5.8.2. Responding to bugs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#bug-housekeeping">5.8.3. Bug housekeeping</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#upload-bugfix">5.8.4. When bugs are closed by new uploads</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#bug-security">5.8.5. Handling security-related bugs</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#archive-manip">5.9. Moving, removing, renaming, adopting, and orphaning packages</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#moving-pkgs">5.9.1. Moving packages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#removing-pkgs">5.9.2. Removing packages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#s5.9.3">5.9.3. Replacing or renaming packages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#orphaning">5.9.4. Orphaning a package</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#adopting">5.9.5. Adopting a package</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#porting">5.10. Porting and being ported</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#kind-to-porters">5.10.1. Being kind to porters</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#porter-guidelines">5.10.2. Guidelines for porter uploads</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#porter-automation">5.10.3. Porting infrastructure and automation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#packages-arch-specific">5.10.4. When your package is <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> portable</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#non-free-buildd">5.10.5. Marking non-free packages as auto-buildable</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#nmu">5.11. Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#nmu-guidelines">5.11.1. When and how to do an NMU</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#nmu-changelog">5.11.2. NMUs and <code class="filename">debian/changelog</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#nmu-delayed">5.11.3. Using the <code class="literal">DELAYED/</code> queue</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#nmu-maintainer">5.11.4. NMUs from the maintainer's point of view</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#nmu-binnmu">5.11.5. Source NMUs vs Binary-only NMUs (binNMUs)</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#nmu-qa-upload">5.11.6. NMUs vs QA uploads</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#nmu-team-upload">5.11.7. NMUs vs team uploads</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#collaborative-maint">5.12. Collaborative maintenance</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#testing">5.13. The testing distribution</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#testing-basics">5.13.1. Basics</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#testing-unstable">5.13.2. Updates from unstable</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#t-p-u">5.13.3. Direct updates to testing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgs.html#faq">5.13.4. Frequently asked questions</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html">6. Best Packaging Practices</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-debian-rules">6.1. Best practices for <code class="filename">debian/rules</code></a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#helper-scripts">6.1.1. Helper scripts</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#multiple-patches">6.1.2. Separating your patches into multiple files</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#multiple-binary">6.1.3. Multiple binary packages</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-debian-control">6.2. Best practices for <code class="filename">debian/control</code></a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-desc-basics">6.2.1. General guidelines for package descriptions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-pkg-synopsis">6.2.2. The package synopsis, or short description</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-pkg-desc">6.2.3. The long description</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-upstream-info">6.2.4. Upstream home page</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-vcs">6.2.5. Version Control System location</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-debian-changelog">6.3. Best practices for <code class="filename">debian/changelog</code></a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-changelog-do">6.3.1. Writing useful changelog entries</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-changelog-misconceptions">6.3.2. Common misconceptions about changelog entries</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-changelog-errors">6.3.3. Common errors in changelog entries</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-news-debian">6.3.4. Supplementing changelogs with <code class="filename">NEWS.Debian</code> files</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-debian-maint-scripts">6.4. Best practices for maintainer scripts</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-config-mgmt">6.5. Configuration management with <code class="systemitem">debconf</code></a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#s6.5.1">6.5.1. Do not abuse debconf</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#s6.5.2">6.5.2. General recommendations for authors and translators</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#s6.5.3">6.5.3. Templates fields definition</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#s6.5.4">6.5.4. Templates fields specific style guide</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-i18n">6.6. Internationalization</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-i18n-debconf">6.6.1. Handling debconf translations</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-i18n-docs">6.6.2. Internationalized documentation</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-common-situations">6.7. Common packaging situations</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-autotools">6.7.1. Packages using <span class="command"><strong>autoconf</strong></span>/<span class="command"><strong>automake</strong></span></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-libraries">6.7.2. Libraries</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-docs">6.7.3. Documentation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-other">6.7.4. Specific types of packages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-archindepdata">6.7.5. Architecture-independent data</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-locale">6.7.6. Needing a certain locale during build</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-transition">6.7.7. Make transition packages deborphan compliant</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-origtargz">6.7.8. Best practices for <code class="filename">.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,xz}</code> files</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-dbg">6.7.9. Best practices for debug packages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-meta">6.7.10. Best practices for meta-packages</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="beyond-pkging.html">7. Beyond Packaging</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beyond-pkging.html#submit-bug">7.1. Bug reporting</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beyond-pkging.html#submit-many-bugs">7.1.1. Reporting lots of bugs at once (mass bug filing)</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="beyond-pkging.html#qa-effort">7.2. Quality Assurance effort</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beyond-pkging.html#qa-daily-work">7.2.1. Daily work</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="beyond-pkging.html#qa-bsp">7.2.2. Bug squashing parties</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="beyond-pkging.html#contacting-maintainers">7.3. Contacting other maintainers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="beyond-pkging.html#mia-qa">7.4. Dealing with inactive and/or unreachable maintainers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="beyond-pkging.html#newmaint">7.5. Interacting with prospective Debian developers</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beyond-pkging.html#sponsoring">7.5.1. Sponsoring packages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="beyond-pkging.html#advocating-new-developers">7.5.2. Advocating new developers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="beyond-pkging.html#become-application-manager">7.5.3. Handling new maintainer applications</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="l10n.html">8. Internationalization and Translations</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="l10n.html#l10n-handling">8.1. How translations are handled within Debian</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="l10n.html#l10n-faqm">8.2. I18N & L10N FAQ for maintainers</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="l10n.html#l10n-faqm-tr">8.2.1. How to get a given text translated</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="l10n.html#l10n-faqm-rev">8.2.2. How to get a given translation reviewed</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="l10n.html#l10n-faqm-update">8.2.3. How to get a given translation updated</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="l10n.html#l10n-faqm-bug">8.2.4. How to handle a bug report concerning a translation</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="l10n.html#l10n-faqtr">8.3. I18N & L10N FAQ for translators</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="l10n.html#l10n-faqtr-help">8.3.1. How to help the translation effort</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="l10n.html#l10n-faqtr-inc">8.3.2. How to provide a translation for inclusion in a package</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="l10n.html#l10n-best">8.4. Best current practice concerning l10n</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="tools.html">A. Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#tools-core">A.1. Core tools</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#dpkg-dev">A.1.1. <code class="systemitem">dpkg-dev</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#debconf">A.1.2. <code class="systemitem">debconf</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#fakeroot">A.1.3. <code class="systemitem">fakeroot</code></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#tools-lint">A.2. Package lint tools</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#lintian">A.2.1. <code class="systemitem">lintian</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#debdiff">A.2.2. <span class="command"><strong>debdiff</strong></span></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#tools-helpers">A.3. Helpers for <code class="filename">debian/rules</code></a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#debhelper">A.3.1. <code class="systemitem">debhelper</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#dh-make">A.3.2. <code class="systemitem">dh-make</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#equivs">A.3.3. <code class="systemitem">equivs</code></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#tools-builders">A.4. Package builders</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#cvs-buildpackage">A.4.1. <code class="systemitem">cvs-buildpackage</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#debootstrap">A.4.2. <code class="systemitem">debootstrap</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#pbuilder">A.4.3. <code class="systemitem">pbuilder</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#sbuild">A.4.4. <code class="systemitem">sbuild</code></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#uploaders">A.5. Package uploaders</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#dupload">A.5.1. <code class="systemitem">dupload</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#dput">A.5.2. <code class="systemitem">dput</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#dcut">A.5.3. <span class="command"><strong>dcut</strong></span></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#tools-maint-automate">A.6. Maintenance automation</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#devscripts">A.6.1. <code class="systemitem">devscripts</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#autotools-dev">A.6.2. <code class="systemitem">autotools-dev</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#dpkg-repack">A.6.3. <code class="systemitem">dpkg-repack</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#alien">A.6.4. <code class="systemitem">alien</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#debsums">A.6.5. <code class="systemitem">debsums</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#dpkg-dev-el">A.6.6. <code class="systemitem">dpkg-dev-el</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#dpkg-depcheck">A.6.7. <span class="command"><strong>dpkg-depcheck</strong></span></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#tools-porting">A.7. Porting tools</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#quinn-diff">A.7.1. <code class="systemitem">quinn-diff</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#dpkg-cross">A.7.2. <code class="systemitem">dpkg-cross</code></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#tools-doc">A.8. Documentation and information</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#docbook-xml">A.8.1. <code class="systemitem">docbook-xml</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#debiandoc-sgml">A.8.2. <code class="systemitem">debiandoc-sgml</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#debian-keyring">A.8.3. <code class="systemitem">debian-keyring</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#debian-maintainers">A.8.4. <code class="systemitem">debian-maintainers</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html#debview">A.8.5. <code class="systemitem">debview</code></a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="scope.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 1. 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