Also, would somebody please document this in the Packaging manual? Otherwise, it won't be terribly useful as anybody that didn't see the message won't know about it.
On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 12:19:33PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 06:10:11AM -0800, Guy Maor wrote: > > dinstall will look for a Format field of 1.6 and a new Closes field. > > Closes is a space separated list of bugs closed by the upload. In > > your changelog, the perl regular expression > > /closes:\s*(bug)?\#\d+(,\s*(bug)?\#\d+)*/i is used to build the Closes > > field. Here is an example: > > Is this Format field supposed to be in the local-var block at the > bottom of the changelog? > > Also, does it check that the bug it's closing actually is related to > one of the packages in the upload to avoid the eminent typos? > > -- > ----- -- - -------- --------- ---- ------- ----- - - --- -------- > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux > UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------ -- ----- - - ------- ------- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
