Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist
Hello everybody,
I just figured out that Defconf's escape capability is not mentionned in the
spec. Here is a small patch to correct this.
Have a nice day,
>From 83e3ca9d76659b81b7f3f14de315b69b57dc868c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 22:19:30 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Document Debconf's escape capability.
---
debconf_spec/include/commands.xml | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/debconf_spec/include/commands.xml b/debconf_spec/include/commands.xml
index d5bad36..4d19b88 100644
--- a/debconf_spec/include/commands.xml
+++ b/debconf_spec/include/commands.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
Backing up to a previous step is supported.
</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>escape</entry>
+ <entry>
+ Backslashes and newlines escape is supported. See
+ debconf-escape(1).
+ </entry>
+ </row>
<row>
<entry>multiselect</entry>
<entry>
--
1.7.10
