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| author | autoantwort <41973254+autoantwort@users.noreply.github.com> | 2021-04-23 19:32:37 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-04-23 10:32:37 -0700 |
| commit | 1f571706f094f50031fd0503bd38e9e33f990fb9 (patch) | |
| tree | 982ea4a7a8ec2caecf4aa347dbc72af20cc5aacb /docs | |
| parent | 2acc6ce57917a2bed3e2e6c6bdd220b14604830b (diff) | |
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[control-files.md] fix dead link and add command how to convert files (#17439)
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diff --git a/docs/maintainers/control-files.md b/docs/maintainers/control-files.md index 4951a8888..af0db239a 100644 --- a/docs/maintainers/control-files.md +++ b/docs/maintainers/control-files.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ # CONTROL files **CONTROL files are retained for backwards compatibility with earlier versions of vcpkg; -all new features are added only to [vcpkg.json](manifests.md), and we recommend using vcpkg.json for any newly authored port.** +all new features are added only to [vcpkg.json](manifest-files.md), and we recommend using vcpkg.json for any newly authored port. +Use `./vcpkg format-manifest ports/<portname>/CONTROL` to convert an existing CONTROL file to a vcpkg.json file.** The `CONTROL` file contains metadata about the port. The syntax is based on [the Debian `control` format][debian] although we only support the subset of fields documented here. |