user devscri...@packages.debian.org usertag 920470 mergechanges thanks FTR, the same needs to be done for the Description field.
On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 12:03 AM Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org> wrote: > > Package: devscripts > Version: 2.19.2 > Severity: important > File: /usr/bin/mergechanges > > dpkg 1.19.3 only populates the Binary field with the binaries that are > actually being uploaded: > https://salsa.debian.org/dpkg-team/dpkg/commit/4a4619831de8b8972f86b489660dc98f187cfa34.patch > > This means that the Binary field in a merged changes file needs to become the > union of the Binary fields of the individual changes files. At the moment the > first changes file's Binary field is used, leading to an incomplete list. > > It would probably be a good idea for mergechanges to insist that every > field, except for the ones that it special-cases like Architecture and > Files (and Binary after this bug is fixed), is identical in all the > individual changes files. However, that would likely require a rewrite > in Perl or Python. -- regards, Mattia Rizzolo GPG Key: 4096R/B9444540 http://goo.gl/I8TMB more about me: http://mapreri.org Launchpad User: https://launchpad.net/~mapreri Ubuntu Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MattiaRizzolo
