deb-src-files(5)

💅 deb-src-files(5) — the dpkg suite's little distribution list 🎀

okay bestie, settle in, because this one is short but she matters ✨ This is deb-src-files, and she's all about the Debian distribute files format. iykyk 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

deb-src-files — the Debian distribute files format, fr fr 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

debian/files

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one file, main character energy 👑

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so picture this: debian/files is the lil guest list 📋 containing the list of artifacts that are to be distributed via the .changes control file. like, these are the files that actually get shipped out. iconic behavior honestly 🫶

The debian/files file has a simple whitespace-delimited format, no cap:

filename section priority [ keyword=value... ]

let's break down every single piece because we do not skip details in this house 💅

• filename — the name of the artifact to distribute. literally just which file you're sending out into the world 🌈
• section and priority — these correspond to the respective control fields available in the .deb. and like, heads up: the allowed values are specific to each distribution archive 🍓 (so don't come for me asking for a universal list, it doesn't exist bestie)
• keyword=value... — an optional whitespace-delimited list of attributes for this entry 🎀 and the only currently supported keyword is:
  • automatic — with value yes, to mark automatically generated files 🤖✨

so yeah, that's the whole grammar. simple, clean, slay 💀

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💀 NOTES 💀

⚠️ bestie, listen to me: this file is not intended to be modified directly 🙈 do NOT hand-edit her, okay? instead use one of dpkg-gencontrol or dpkg-distaddfile to add entries to it. let the tools do the work, that's their whole job 💖

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• dpkg-genchanges(1)
• dpkg-distaddfile(1)

go read those if you want the full lore 🧚

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and that's the page, bestie!! 🎀💖 version 1.23.11-dirty, dated 2026-09-09 — mwah, go ship those artifacts, you absolute icon 👑💅✨