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Debian CLI Policy

Abstract

This document lays out basic policies regarding packaging Mono, other CLRs and CLI based applications/libraries on Debian GNU/Linux.

Copyright Notice

Copyright © 2005-2009 Mirco Bauer Copyright © 2005 Brandon Hale Copyright © 2006 Sebastian Dröge Copyright © 2006 Dylan R. E. Moonfire.

This manual is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

A copy of the GNU General Public License is available as /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution or on the World Wide Web at the GNU General Public Licence. You can also obtain it by writing to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

Contents

• 1 Policy History
• 2 Used Terms
  • 2.1 CLI - Common Language Infrastructure
  • 2.2 CLR - Common Language Runtime
  • 2.3 CIL - Common Intermediate Language
  • 2.4 ".NET" or long "Microsoft .NET Framework"
  • 2.5 GAC - Global Assembly Cache
  • 2.6 Package Names
• 3 Packaging Policy
  • 3.1 General Packaging
    • 3.1.1 Architecture
    • 3.1.2 File Locations
    • 3.1.3 File Permissions
    • 3.1.4 Build Dependencies
  • 3.2 GAC Library Packaging
    • 3.2.1 Naming & Versioning
    • 3.2.2 Policy Files
    • 3.2.3 clilibs Control File
    • 3.2.4 pkg-config File
    • 3.2.5 Signing
  • 3.3 non-GAC Library Packaging
    • 3.3.1 Naming
• 4 Mono Specific Packaging help
  • 4.1 Naming
  • 4.2 DLL Maps
    • 4.2.1 Introduction
    • 4.2.2 Solution: DLL map config file
  • 4.3 MONO_DISABLE_SHM
• 5 DotGNU Portable.NET Packaging help
  • 5.1 Naming
• 6 Appendix
  • 6.1 Helper Scripts: cli-common-dev
    • 6.1.1 dh_makeclilibs
    • 6.1.2 dh_clideps
    • 6.1.3 dh_installcligac
  • 6.2 Examples
    • 6.2.1 debhelper 5/6 Example
    • 6.2.2 debhelper 7 Example
    • 6.2.3 cdbs Example
    • 6.2.4 Executable Wrapper Script Example
    • 6.2.5 API Compatibility Check Example
    • 6.2.6 GAC Policy File Example
  • 6.3 Migrating Existing Packages

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Debian CLI Policy