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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. |