On 30. mars 2012 07:18, spikethehobbitmage.excite wrote: > checkinstall generates debian/control files with empty fields. > dpkg accepts these packages OK, but apt and friends choke on them. This > means that although these packages can be installed manually, they cannot be > added to a repository. > The <a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html"; > >spec</a> isn't clear if empty fields are allowed or not. I've checked the policy, and as you say; it isn't clear. IMHO this is a bug in the policy, or in apt. I get the feeling that the intention is that control fields should not be empty, and if so, this is a checkinstall bug.
Could you please provide me with a step by step way to recreate such a package, and I'll forward it upstream (even if it turns out empty fields are allowed and should be tolerated by apt; it is, in my opinion, bad practice to include them) Regards Andreas Noteng
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