On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 07:05:28PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Proposal > > ======== > > > I'd like «Section 5.2. "Source package control files -- `debian/control'"» > > to specify clearly[0] that the following fields contain logical lines: > > > Build-Depends, Build-Depends-Indep, Build-Conflicts, > > Build-Conflicts-Indep, > > Pre-Depends, Depends, Recommends, Suggests, Conflicts, Replaces, Provides, > > Enhances, Uploaders > > > Those fields will be unwrapped by newer dpkg scripts when generating > > the .deb, .dsc and .changes files, so the few tools that may not support > > logical lines will be able to cope just fine. > > Seconded. From a lintian perspective, we're intentionally not checking > for wrapped lines in the debian/control file because all of the tools > cope. > > If worried about breakage in scripts that parse the .dsc and .changes > files, I think the best thing to do would be to state that wrapping is > permitted in the debian/control file, but not permitted (except for > defined fields that already allow multiline values) in DEBIAN/control, > .changes, or .dsc files. I believe lintian currently implements exactly > this check. > > I can prepare text if there's general agreement that this is the right > direction to go. I'd been meaning to propose something very much along > these lines myself.
Ditto, looking forward for a patch along these lines to second :). --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
