| 14 | - sanitizes your environment (Variables, etc) |
| 15 | - can sign packages for you |
| 16 | |
| 17 | binary target must be run as root (by extension, clean must be run as root) |
| 18 | therefore, fakeroot. Ensures files in packages are owned by 0/0. |
| 19 | ldpreload, between you and system |
| 20 | |
| 21 | debian/tmp directory subtree |
| 22 | - docdir: debian changelog (->changelog.Debian), regular ChangeLog (-> changelog) NEWS, etc |
| 23 | |
| 24 | |
| 25 | debian policy: gzipped manpages, permissions, owners, etc |
| 26 | |
| 27 | arch-dependent vs arch-independent |
| 28 | binary-indep vs binary-arch: |
| 29 | - only build the indep part once |
| 30 | |
| 31 | that's pure debuild, not CDBS, Debhelper, or Dh |
| 32 | |
| 33 | The copyright file |
| 34 | - Have all licensing info in one place, where everyone can find it. |
| 35 | - upstream software and license of packaging itself |
| 36 | |
| 37 | The control file. |
| 38 | |