Bug#357613: debian-policy: Architecture definition contradicts reality

2006-03-28 Thread Hans Ulrich Niedermann
To make a long story short: The Debian Policy ("arch-os") and reality ("os-arch" for non-Linux kernel, "arch" for Linux kernel) contradict each other and (at least) one of them must be fixed. The facts: 1. The "dpkg-architecture -L" list of all architectures explicitly mentions all non-Li

Bug#148194: debian-policy: Clarification needed regarding multi-line fields

2006-03-28 Thread Guillem Jover
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.6.2 Hi, Definitions === I'll define «physical line» as the stream of bytes ending with an EOL character (usually '\n', but it could be DOS style as well). «multi line» as one or more physical lines with the following ones starting with at least a space.

Bug#359817: debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default

2006-03-28 Thread Guillem Jover
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.6.2.2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, As of dpkg version 1.13.16, dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default, thus including the Section and Priority fields in the generated binary debian control files. Attached a patch. regards, guillem diff -Naur debian-poli

Bug#359817: debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default

2006-03-28 Thread Russ Allbery
Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.6.2.2 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > Hi, > As of dpkg version 1.13.16, dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default, > thus including the Section and Priority fields in the generated binary > debian control files.

Bug#148194: debian-policy: Clarification needed regarding multi-line fields

2006-03-28 Thread Russ Allbery
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, >