Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Proposal > ========
> I'd like «Section 5.2. "Source package control files -- `debian/control'"» > to specify clearly[0] that the following fields contain logical lines: > Build-Depends, Build-Depends-Indep, Build-Conflicts, Build-Conflicts-Indep, > Pre-Depends, Depends, Recommends, Suggests, Conflicts, Replaces, Provides, > Enhances, Uploaders > Those fields will be unwrapped by newer dpkg scripts when generating > the .deb, .dsc and .changes files, so the few tools that may not support > logical lines will be able to cope just fine. Seconded. From a lintian perspective, we're intentionally not checking for wrapped lines in the debian/control file because all of the tools cope. If worried about breakage in scripts that parse the .dsc and .changes files, I think the best thing to do would be to state that wrapping is permitted in the debian/control file, but not permitted (except for defined fields that already allow multiline values) in DEBIAN/control, .changes, or .dsc files. I believe lintian currently implements exactly this check. I can prepare text if there's general agreement that this is the right direction to go. I'd been meaning to propose something very much along these lines myself. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
