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-Source: kernel-image-@version@
-Section: devel
-Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
-Uploaders: Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org>, Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
-Standards-Version: 3.6.1.0
-Build-Depends: gcc (>= 4:3.3), kernel-tree-@version@-@ktver@, debhelper (>= 4), kernel-package, module-init-tools, sparc-utils [sparc]
-
-Package: kernel-headers-@version@-@abiname@
-Architecture: any
-Section: devel
-Priority: optional
-Depends: coreutils | fileutils (>= 4.0)
-Provides: kernel-headers, kernel-headers-2.6
-Description: Header files related to Linux kernel version @version@
- This package provides kernel header files for version @version@, generally
- used for building out-of-tree kernel modules. See the 'module-assistant'
- package for more information.
- .
- This package consists mostly of the common files between the subarchitecture
- specific header packages, which should be used for building modules.
- .
- For more information you can also read:
- /usr/share/doc/kernel-headers-@version@-@abiname@/debian.README.gz.