Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.15.7.2 Severity: minor deb-control(5) has been updated for new 3.9 policy but it is not perfect yet. I attach a sure fix as patch and discuss other points below:
Question: Do we need tomention Breaks in below in place of Conflicts or list both? Replaces: <package list> List of packages files from which this one replaces. This is used for allowing this package to overwrite the files of another package and is usually used with the Conflicts field to force removal of the other package, if this one also has the same files as the conflicted package. Anyway, I am just trying to catch up with new policy and found this manpage to document Breaks. Thanks. Osamu -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on: ii base-files 5.8 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii binutils 2.20.1-12 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libdpkg-perl 1.15.7.2 Dpkg perl modules ii make 3.81-8 An utility for Directing compilati ii patch 2.6-2 Apply a diff file to an original ii xz-utils 4.999.9beta+20100713-1 XZ-format compression utilities Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends: ii build-essential 11.5 Informational list of build-essent ii fakeroot 1.14.4-1 Gives a fake root environment ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.4.4-2 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.4 [c-compiler] 4.4.4-7 The GNU C compiler ii gnupg 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii gpgv 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - signature veri ii libalgorithm-merge-perl 0.08-1 Perl module for three-way merge of Versions of packages dpkg-dev suggests: ii debian-keyring 2010.06.08 GnuPG (and obsolete PGP) keys of D -- no debconf information
diff -Nru dpkg-1.15.7.2-orig/man/deb-control.5 dpkg-1.15.7.2/man/deb-control.5 --- dpkg-1.15.7.2-orig/man/deb-control.5 2010-05-19 14:55:01.000000000 +0900 +++ dpkg-1.15.7.2/man/deb-control.5 2010-07-26 23:10:34.907753070 +0900 @@ -185,16 +185,20 @@ `|' to separate the list. .LP The syntax of +.BR Breaks , .BR Conflicts , .B Replaces and .B Provides is a list of package names, separated by commas (and optional whitespace). In the +.B Breaks +and .B Conflicts -field, the comma should be read as `OR'. An optional version can also be +fields, the comma should be read as `OR'. An optional version can also be given with the same syntax as above for the -.B Conflicts +.BR Breaks , +.BR Conflicts , and .B Replaces fields.