control: reopen 1081709 severity 1081709 wishlist Source: libfile-extattr-perl Followup-For: Bug #1081709
>that's not correct. there is a homepage field, but it happens to >be on the binary package not the source. > >(policy doesn't say where that field has to go, it lists them >for both source and binary with no further info.) > >apt-cache show certainly picks that up and shows it, so i'm not >going to upload a new version just to move the homepage field around. Could be more clear that was meant source field. I conclude that binary homepage is to override source homepage. lintian. https://udd.debian.org/lintian-tag/homepage-in-binary-package manpage https://manpages.debian.org/testing/dpkg-dev/deb-src-control.5.en.html#BINARY_FIELDS