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Bug #998115 {Done: Felix Lechner } [lintian]
lintian: false positive: "unknown-field Description" in source package
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Hi,
On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 3:24 AM Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
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> dpkg maintainers pointed me to #555743 - so I think this "just"
> needs some Policy massaging.
> I filed #998165 on that regard
Lintian will soon allow the field, too. Thanks for the research!
Kind regards
Felix L
On Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 04:41:11PM +0200, Hannah Rittich wrote:
> >> Furthermore, deb-substvars allows to reference the description
> >> field of the source package, using the variables ${source:Synopsis}
> >> and ${source:Extended-Description} [2].
> >
> > Uh. TIL. However I find that odd. Regar
Hi,
> I think you misunderstood the Policy here.
>
>> The Debian Policy Manual [1] states that "in a source or binary
>> control file, the Description field contains a description of the
>> binary package [...]".
>
> expanding the sentence above, that's "source control file" or
> "binary control
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Hi.
On Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 04:01:30PM +0200, Hannah Rittich wrote:
> Adding a "Description" field in the source section of a control file
> will cause lintian to issue the error "source: unknown-field Description".
I think you misunderstood the Policy here.
> The Debi
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Adding a "Description" field in the source section of a control file
will cause lintian to issue the error "source: unknown-field Description".
The Debian Policy Manual [1] states that "in a source or binary contro
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