On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Nils Rennebarth wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.8.0.1 > Severity: wishlist > > Please add something along the following lines to the section 5.7 > "User defined fields" to the debian policy manual: > > Usually, unknown fields are iggnored by the debian packaging system. To > avoid conflicts of user defined fields with field that may be used by > debian in the future, we suggest to use field names starting with X- (so > you need to put X[BCS]-X-foo into the control file) which are guaranteed > to never conflict with future official fields. That has the added bonus > that dpkg-deb will not issue warnings about user defined fields > at package build time.
Note: this bug has been filed due to the inclusion of Nils patch in dpkg-deb that disables warnings on fields starting with "X-": http://bugs.debian.org/353040 Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
