Hi! On Thu, 2024-12-12 at 17:50:16 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: wishlist > X-Debbugs-Cc: ni...@thykier.net
> This is an editorial request. Neither 4.4 nor 5.6.1 states that the first > package in `d/changelog` must be aligned with the `Source` field in > `d/control`. Arguably, it is possibly implicit. > > Nevertheless, the only explicit document reference that I can find is > `man:deb-src-control(5)` (when describing the `Source` field). It is > definitely a MUST requirement. Even though `dpkg` says "should" in that > manpage, it flat out aborts if the two are not aligned. I fixed this locally for dpkg after Niels mentioned it, and I've not just pushed the change to dpkg's git: https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=8b37608eae29018ce88c8f1f9021f914c5f99bdc Will be part of dpkg 1.22.12. Thanks, Guillem
