On Sun, 23 Nov 2014, Bill Allombert wrote: > Anyway, this is a second try. > > Cheers,
> commit d450ce8f978bad0f3927ea055698b789055dfa3a > Author: Bill Allombert <bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> > Date: Sun Nov 23 16:16:21 2014 +0100 > > Document that empty field values are only allowed in debian/control. > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 6eac491..55b558f 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -2556,13 +2556,15 @@ endif > <example compact="compact"> > Package: libc6 > </example> > the field name is <tt>Package</tt> and the field value > <tt>libc6</tt>. > </p> > - > + <p> Empty field values are only permitted in source package control > files > + (<file>debian/control</file>). Such fields are ignored. > + </p> > <p> > A paragraph must not contain more than one instance of a > particular field name. > </p> > > <p> > @@ -2699,12 +2701,13 @@ Package: libc6 > <file>.dsc</file> source control file as part of a source > archive. Some fields are folded in <file>debian/control</file>, > but not in any other control > file. These tools are responsible for removing the line > breaks from such fields when using fields from > <file>debian/control</file> to generate other control files. > + They are also responsible for discarding empty fields. > </p> > > <p> > The fields here may contain variable references - their > values will be substituted by <prgn>dpkg-gencontrol</prgn>, > <prgn>dpkg-genchanges</prgn> or <prgn>dpkg-source</prgn> Seconded. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
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