Bug#452105: debian-policy: Homepage field in debian/control undocumented

Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Here is a somewhat revised patch that tries to be more specific about > the format and contents. It also notes that this field is valid in > binary control files and source *.dsc files. > > Comments? Seconds? I have applied this patch to my Policy arch

Bug#452105: debian-policy: Homepage field in debian/control undocumented

Heya, seconded. Please apply Russ' patch to the policy. Thanks, Bernd -- Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#452105: debian-policy: Homepage field in debian/control undocumented

Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Those are harmless warnings, those two programs were just failing to > recognize and ignore the field. But this does not affect the > functionallity. > > I've fixed the bogus warnings now in dpkg's git commit 2006f64. Ah, thank you. I've gone back to t

Bug#452105: debian-policy: Homepage field in debian/control undocumented

Hi, On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 12:37:14 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > When I try that, I get: > > > > dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field 'Homepage' in input data in > > package's section of control info file > > ... > > dpkg-genchanges: warnin

Bug#452105: debian-policy: Homepage field in debian/control undocumented

Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I try that, I get: > > dpkg-source: warning: unknown information field 'Homepage' in input data in > package's section of control info file > ... > dpkg-genchanges: warning: unknown information field 'Homepage' in input data > in > package's sect

Bug#452105: debian-policy: Homepage field in debian/control undocumented

On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 10:50:22AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Maybe I am confused, but it seems to me that Homepage is only recognized > > in the source section and this hunk imply otherwise. > > dpkg-gencontrol looked to be fine with it in the b

Bug#452105: debian-policy: Homepage field in debian/control undocumented

Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maybe I am confused, but it seems to me that Homepage is only recognized > in the source section and this hunk imply otherwise. dpkg-gencontrol looked to be fine with it in the binary section as well. A setting in the binary section overrides the sourc

Bug#452105: debian-policy: Homepage field in debian/control undocumented

On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 09:45:06PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > --- orig/policy.sgml > +++ mod/policy.sgml > @@ -2182,6 +2182,7 @@ > Priority > (recommended) > Build-Depends et > al >id="f-Standards-Version">Standards-Version > (recommended) > + Homepage >

Bug#452105: debian-policy: Homepage field in debian/control undocumented

Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> + >> +The URL of the web site for this package, preferrably (when > > Nit: preferrably -> preferably Thanks! Fixed in my version. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Bug#452105: debian-policy: Homepage field in debian/control undocumented

Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > + > + The URL of the web site for this package, preferrably (when Nit: preferrably -> preferably -- "Writing is easy. All you do is sit in front of a typewriter and open a vein." --Walter Smith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Bug#452105: debian-policy: Homepage field in debian/control undocumented

Mario Iseli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > I think the Homepage field for debian/control is now official - at least > it isn't documented in the policy right now. So here - a little patch > which would fix that. Here is a somewhat revised

Bug#452105: debian-policy: Homepage field in debian/control undocumented

Package: debian-policy Severity: normal Tags: patch I think the Homepage field for debian/control is now official - at least it isn't documented in the policy right now. So here - a little patch which would fix that. Regards, diff -Naur debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml debian-policy-3.7.2.2.hom