On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 12:52:19PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > deb-control.5: > Version: <version string> > Typically, this is the original package's version number in > whatever form the program's author uses. It may also include a > Debian revision number (for non-native packages). If both ver- > sion and revision are supplied, they are separated by a hyphen, > `-'. For this reason, the original version may not have a hyphen > in its version number. > > This differs from the description given in current policy, which says > that the upstream version can contain a hyphen, unless there is no > Debian revision. I guess there is a new relaxed requirement?
This is really only the symptom of a bigger problem. I was going to fix this bug but then I realised that if we want to make this description really accurate we need to add epochs as well and list the allowed chars etc. The whole deb-control man page is very inaccurate and has few details. So I will ask some questions first as a request for comments: - How accurate should this man page really be? Should have the same level of detail as policy? - What kind of fields should it contain? Should it make a clear distinction between fields used by dpkg and fields ignored by it? Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
