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# 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.