On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 12:07:32AM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 07:14:07PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:23:17AM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > > > Control: tags -1 + patch > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 11:19:15AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > > How about the attached patch, that adds "Its value must not be empty." > > > > after "The field ends at the end of the line or at the end of the last > > > > continuation line". > > > Seconded. > > > > Hello Andrey and Ansgar (and others) > > > > Would you second the attached version that was posted in this bug already ? > > > commit ec38643c34333231a2e179ba1e135fd2ebccbf7a > > Author: Bill Allombert <bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> > > Date: Sun Nov 23 16:16:21 2014 +0100 > > > > Document that empty field values are only allowed in debian/control. > > > > Policy: [5.1] empty field values in control files are not allowed in the > > debian/control file of a source package. > > Wording: Bill Allombert <ballo...@debian.org> > > Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <h...@debian.org> > > Closes: #666726 > > > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > > index 947a1e1..4adee0b 100644 > > --- a/policy.sgml > > +++ b/policy.sgml > > @@ -2558,7 +2558,9 @@ Package: libc6 > > the field name is <tt>Package</tt> and the field value > > <tt>libc6</tt>. > > </p> > > - > > + <p> Empty field values are only permitted in source package > > control files > > + (<file>debian/control</file>). Such fields are ignored. > > + </p> > > <p> > > A paragraph must not contain more than one instance of a > > particular field name. > > @@ -2701,6 +2703,7 @@ Package: libc6 > > file. These tools are responsible for removing the line > > breaks from such fields when using fields from > > <file>debian/control</file> to generate other control files. > > + They are also responsible for discarding empty fields. > > </p> > > > > <p> > Seconded.
Thanks, I have created a git branch bug666726-bill with this patch. If nothing happen, I will commit it in a few day. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150209192248.GA8855@yellowpig
