Hi! On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 17:45:32 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: minor
> I would like to request a clarification on whether spaces are allowed > in fields. My first thought was that it is not allowed. However > units-filter/3.5-2 has a a space in the fields of its d/control file, > so presumably dpkg accepts it (at least to some extend). > Looking at the Policy §5.1, I found: > > """ > [...] each field consists of the field name, followed by a colon > and then the data/value associated with that field. The field name is > composed of printable ASCII characters (i.e., characters that have > values between 33 and 126, inclusive) except colon and must not with a > begin with #. > """ dpkg accepts spacess only after the actual field name and before the colon, but not in the actual field name itself. They are trimmed for all practical purposes: <http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=dpkg/dpkg.git;a=blob;f=lib/dpkg/parse.c;hb=HEAD#l403> In addition dpkg is quite more lenient on the range of accepted characters, something I might consider changing (but only slightly). thanks, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
