Quoting gregor herrmann (2015-11-29 12:23:55)
> On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:52:33 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>> Probably the dollar in that word needs a bactick to not get
>> interpreted by packaging tools.
>
> Or "displaying tools". Where do you see the sentence like this?
> debian/control in git looks like this:
>
> String::Expand implements utility functions for expanding embedded variables
> in a string. Variable references are embedded in strings in a similar form to
> the Bourne shell, namely, in the form $NAME or ${NAME}. In the former case,
>
> I can reproduce the missing word when building the package and
> calling debc.I saw it in aptitude in fullscreen mode, and that corresponds with representation of the text at https://packages.debian.org/en/sid/libstring-expand-perl the ${NAME} syntax was _exactly_ what I suspected: That syntax is expanded¹ by packaging tools. To preserve, escape the dollar: > [...] namely, in the form $NAME or \${NAME}. ...or perhaps \{ does the trick, not quite sure... - Jonas ¹ Used most often for e.g. ${misc:Depends} but also applies within long description - see fonts-noto for an example where statistics gathered at build time is included in long description. -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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