On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 12:33:09PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Files-Excluded: > > # ignore copy of lua > > lua_5.1.4/ […] > Above means inventing a *new* syntax for files, instead of reusing the > existing one from Files: paragraphs.
debian/control, which is 822-like, already supports #-comments. So, strictly speaking, we will just reusing a (meta-)syntax that already exists elsewhere among debian/* files. Note, however, that #-comments in debian/control must *start* the line, so the above example wouldn't work. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Debian Project Leader . . . . . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »
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