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diff --git a/deb-view.el b/deb-view.el index 6d6515b..6223258 100644 --- a/deb-view.el +++ b/deb-view.el @@ -48,14 +48,8 @@ ;; Required programs: ar, gzip. ;; Optionally required programs: nroff for formatting man pages. -;; Optionally required programs: dpkg-deb for old-style binary .deb files. ;; Optionally required programs: w3-mode for viewing HTML pages. -;; For new-style .deb files (2.0), dpkg-deb isn't used. Therefore -;; deb-view should work on any platform with the ar command, although -;; "ar -p" doesn't seem to work for .deb files on Solaris 2.4 and 2.5. -;; It works on Solaris 2.6, SGI's IRIX 6.1 and 6.2, and Linux, of course. - ;; Old-style .deb files require the dpkg-deb program. I don't know how to ;; extract control.tar.gz from these deb files, so you only get to see ;; the package control file, but nothing else such as the install scripts. @@ -63,6 +57,8 @@ ;; The data file is still viewable thanks to the "dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile" ;; option. +;; For new-style .deb files (2.0), dpkg-deb is now used as well. + ;;; Installation: ;; 1) Quick test to see if you like deb-view. |