On Fri, 15 May 2009, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Bastian Blank wrote: > > dpkg-genchanges should fold lines in the output to a sane length. There > > is a package in the archive (linux-modules-extra-2.6) which produces a > > 25k long Binary line, which is cropped by gpg during signing. > > I guess we should do the same for the Binary: field in the .dsc in that > case. Why did you mention only the .changes ?
Bastian, you did not reply to my question. > CCing -devel to have input about possible stuff that would break if the > Binary field is split over multiple lines. I have checked > dak/process_unchecked.py and it seems to handle correctly a Binary: field > split over multiple lines. But we have many other tools that parses > .dsc and .changes. > > The Binary: field in .dsc is the one that has the biggest impact since > it's copied over in Sources files on mirrors and parsed by many custom > scripts. The one in .changes concerns fewer tools probably. Hello APT maintainers, does APT work correctly if the Binary: field in Sources.gz (and .dsc) spans over multiple lines? (and apt-ftparchive?) > CCing -policy, do we need to update policy to allow Binary: fields > over multiple lines? Apparently yes, I filed #533852. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-bugs-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org