From 1f571706f094f50031fd0503bd38e9e33f990fb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: autoantwort <41973254+autoantwort@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 19:32:37 +0200 Subject: [control-files.md] fix dead link and add command how to convert files (#17439) --- docs/maintainers/control-files.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs') 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//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. -- cgit v1.2.3