Check-Script: control-files Author: Christian Schwarz Abbrev: ctl Type: binary, udeb Unpack-Level: 1 Tag: unknown-control-file Severity: normal Certainty: possible Ref: policy B.2 Info: The package contains an unknown control file. Policy says that putting additional files in the package control area is not generally a good idea. Tag: not-allowed-control-file Severity: important Certainty: certain Info: The package contains a control file that is not allowed in this type of package. Some control files are only allowed in either .deb or .udeb packages and must not be included in packages of the other type. You should probably just remove the file. Tag: control-file-is-empty Severity: normal Certainty: possible Info: The package contains an empty control file, which is most probably an error. Tag: control-file-has-bad-permissions Severity: important Certainty: certain Info: The postinst, postrm, preinst, and prerm control files should use mode 0755; all other control files should use 0644. Tag: control-file-has-bad-owner Severity: important Certainty: certain Info: All control files should be owned by root/root.