Hi, On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 20:23:37 +0100, Jonas Meurer wrote: > On 06/02/2008 Russ Allbery wrote: > > > I'm not sure whether this is an issue with dpkg or rather with lintian, > > > but if I check the cryptsetup deb+udeb packages after building them, > > > lintian reports that udebs don't allow the Homepage field in > > > debian/control. > > > > This is what I was told by (a d-i maintainer | someone who was willing to > > express an opinion). I'm happy to change lintian if having Homepage in > > udeb is deemed acceptable. Otherwise, dpkg should probably be modified to > > not propagate Homepage fields into udebs. > > I raised this issue on #debian-boot (irc), and was told that the > concerns by "(a d-i maintainer | someone who was willing to express an > opinion" were correct. Frans Pop from the debian-installer team verified > that the Homepage field should not be included in the udeb: > > 20:11 < mejo> fjp: did you see Russ's response to my question regarding > Homepage Field in udebs? > 20:11 < mejo> fjp: i mean on [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [...] > 20:12 < fjp> mejo: Please file a bug against dpkg-dev. > 20:14 < fjp> mejo: Russ is correct: we don't want the homepage field in > the control file of udebs > > > If nobody has any objections, i'll follow Frans' advice and file a bug > against dpkg-dev.
Yes, makes sense. I've just fixed it in dpkg's git [0]. regards, guillem [0] <http://git.debian.org/?p=dpkg/dpkg.git;a=commit;h=b29edb23> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]