On Fri, 13 Jan 2012, Russ Allbery wrote: > >> For our example, the <tt>zlib1g</tt> <file>symbols</file> file > >> would contain: > >> <example compact="compact"> > >> * Build-Depends-Package: zlib1g-dev > >> </example> > >> (Don't forget the leading space.) > > > What leading space are you referring to ? > > I now have: > > (Don't forget the space before the <tt>*</tt> so that it will > be parsed as part of the entry for that library.) > > Due to the way that the formatting of Policy works, it's very hard to tell > that there's a space there, and unlike with symbols where the indentation > is fairly obvious, it's not completely obvious that it's required.
There is no leading space before the "*". Just like "|" it must be on the first column to differentiate with symbol definitions which do have a leading space on their lines. > Thanks for the review! All the other corrections you made are fine. Thanks! Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/liberation/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120113193823.gd14...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com
