gistfile1.txt

root@ub1610-thresh1:~# mkdir foo
root@ub1610-thresh1:~# cd foo/
root@ub1610-thresh1:~/foo# curl -O http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/pool/main/g/gcc-6/gcc-6-dbgsym_6.2.0-5ubuntu12_amd64.ddeb
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   826  100   826    0     0  21243      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 21736
root@ub1610-thresh1:~/foo# ar x gcc-6-dbgsym_6.2.0-5ubuntu12_amd64.ddeb
root@ub1610-thresh1:~/foo# ls -l
total 16
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 474 Jan 12 11:49 control.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160 Jan 12 11:49 data.tar.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4 Jan 12 11:49 debian-binary
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 826 Jan 12 11:49 gcc-6-dbgsym_6.2.0-5ubuntu12_amd64.ddeb
root@ub1610-thresh1:~/foo# tar tvf control.tar.gz
drwxrwxr-x root/root         0 2016-10-05 07:01 ./
-rw-rw-r-- root/root         0 2016-10-05 07:01 ./add_to_files.pkg-create-dbgsym
-rw-rw-r-- root/root       469 2016-10-05 07:01 ./control
root@ub1610-thresh1:~/foo# tar tvf data.tar.xz
drwxrwxr-x root/root         0 2016-10-05 07:01 ./
root@ub1610-thresh1:~/foo# tar xvf control.tar.gz && cat control
./
./add_to_files.pkg-create-dbgsym
./control
Package: gcc-6-dbgsym
Source: gcc-6
Version: 6.2.0-5ubuntu12
Depends: libgcc1-dbg (= 6.2.0-5ubuntu12)
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Installed-Size: 2
Section: devel
Priority: extra
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Description: debug symbols for package gcc-6
 This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers <debian-gcc@lists.debian.org>
root@ub1610-thresh1:~/foo#