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Subject: extracting control info from deb packages
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Hi all.
I'm looking for a way to take .deb package and get at it's 'debian'
directory containing the control info.   I know you can extract the
control file,  but I'm also looking for the ifle information and complete
information to rebuild it.
Any assistance would be appriciated.



Ameer