Tanguy Ortolo <tanguy+deb...@ortolo.eu> writes: > The Policy implicitly indicates a source package should only build > binary packages listed in debian/control. At least, this is how > ftpmaster interprets §5.2, 5.4 and 5.6.19, when you look at the Reject > FAQ <https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html> (search for > “debian/control breakage #2”).
> Now, this is quite not compatible with the new debug symbol packages > <https://wiki.debian.org/AutomaticDebugPackages> that are now > automatically created. > Since explicit is better than implicit, I think §5.2: >>The debian/control file contains the most vital (and >>version-independent) information about the source package and about the >>binary packages it creates. >> >>The first paragraph of the control file contains information about the >>source package in general. The subsequent sets each describe a binary >>package that the source tree builds. > could be completed by: >>[…] >> >>The first paragraph of the control file contains information about the >>source package in general. The subsequent sets each describe a binary >>package that the source tree builds. All the binary packages have a >>corresponding paragraph, except for the possible automatic debug >>packages that do not require one. > There may be better ways to phrase this, but I think there is still a > need for some clarification about this. Seems reasonable to me. Seconded. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
