Needed to change some files inside a .deb archive; found a short tutorial here:
Repack a .deb-archive with dpkg-deb
For backup reasons a c&p from the blog above:
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| $ mkdir -p extract/DEBIAN | |
| $ dpkg-deb -x package.deb extract/ | |
| $ dpkg-deb -e package.deb extract/DEBIAN | |
| [...do something, e.g. edit the control file...] | |
| $ mkdir build | |
| $ dpkg-deb -b extract/ build/ | |
| -x extracts the package contents | |
| -e extracts the control files | |
| -b builds the new package |
Thanks maff.
