tools for AFTER you have .debs

### <a name="Software_States"> Software States </a>

* Debian Source Package
* Debian Binary Package
  * Component (main, contrib, non-free, non-US, updates, security)
  * Priority
  * Section
  * installed state - installed, half-installed, not-installed, unpacked, half-configured, config-files

### <a name="Groups"> Groups </a>

* bug-filers
* users

* Debian Package Maintainers, Co-Maintainers &amp; uploaders
* ftp-masters
* QA
* porters for supported platforms (i386, m69k, sparc, alpha, powerpc, arm, mips, mipsel, hppa, ia64, s390)
* porters for unreleased platforms (amd64, sh)
* porters of non-linux platforms (hurd-i386, netbsd-i386, netbsd-alpha, freebsd-i386)
* International translation providers
* system administrators

### <a name="Software_amp_Systems"> Software &amp; Systems </a>

* deslect
* wajig
* grep-dctrl
* dpkg-awk
* [reportbug](http://packages.qa.debian.org/reportbug)
* [dpkg](http://packages.qa.debian.org/dpkg)
* [apt](http://packages.qa.debian.org/apt)

* [apt-proxy](http://packages.qa.debian.org/apt-proxy) or [apt-cacher](http://packages.qa.debian.org/apt-cacher)
* [Package Tracking System](http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2002/debian-devel-announce-200201/msg00011.html) (PTS)
* [Bug Tracking System](http://bugs.debian.org) (BTS)
  * Release Critical mailing to <debian-devel-announce@lists.debianNOSPAM.org>
* [Work Needed and Prospective Packages](http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/) (WNPP)
* [katie](http://ftp-master.debian.org) (was dinstall), ftp-master
  * update-excuses [output](http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/update_excuses.html)

### <a name="Input_amp_Output_Files_Formats"> Input &amp; Output Files/Formats </a>

* sources file from an archive
* packages file from an archive
* source deb
* binary deb
* /etc/apt/sources.list file
* bug reports
* web pages

<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>Inputs</strong></th>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>1</strong></th>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>2</strong></th>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>3</strong></th>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>4</strong></th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>   </td>
    <td> X </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>1</strong></th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td> X </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>2</strong></th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td> X </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>3</strong></th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td>   </td>
    <td> X </td>
    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>4</strong></th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>   </td>
    <td colspan="4">   </td>
    <th align="right" bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>Outputs</strong></th>
  </tr>
</table>

also see [[GNUDebianBuildProcess]] for tools BEFORE you have .debs

-- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 03 March 2004