Package: dpkg Version: 1.14.18 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear dpkg developpers,
a puzzled user posted a question about XS-, XB- and XC- fields on [EMAIL PROTECTED] some time ago, and I realised that although XS-* fields are widely used they are not documented. The attached patch attempts to do it, but I am not completely sure of its accuracy. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.7-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries dpkg recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
diff --git a/man/dpkg-genchanges.1 b/man/dpkg-genchanges.1 index 890ca85..792a4fc 100644 --- a/man/dpkg-genchanges.1 +++ b/man/dpkg-genchanges.1 @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ reads information from an unpacked and built Debian source tree and from the files it has generated and generates a Debian upload control file .RB ( .changes " file)." +It will silently ignore fields prefixed by either XS- or XB-, and +include fields starting by XC- (after removing this prefix). . .SH OPTIONS .TP
