Your message dated Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:34:32 +0200 with message-id <20090828123432.gc25...@rivendell> and subject line Re: Bug#544036: dpkg-dev: dpkg-source - [man] improve text near: Format field of debian/control... has caused the Debian Bug report #544036, regarding dpkg-dev: dpkg-source - [man] improve text near: Format field of debian/control... to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.15.3.1 Severity: minor dpkg-source(1) man page reads: -b directory [format-specific-parameters] Build a source package. The first non-option argument is taken as the name of the directory containing the debianized source tree (i.e. with a debian sub-directory and maybe changes to the original files). Depending on the source package format used to build the package, additional parameters might be accepted. dpkg-source will build the source package with the first format that works from this ordered list: the format indicated in the Format field of debian/control, the format(s) indicated with the --format command-line option(s), "1.0", "3.0 (native)". See below for an extensive description of various source package formats. 1) The wording "the format indicated in the Format field of debian/control" may give an impression (*) to add new field to debian/control: Format: 3.0 (native) 2) Please state that the format tag, e.g. "3.0 (native)", can be stored in debian/source/format (*) As a non-native speaker, that's how I read it. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on: ii binutils 2.19.51.20090723-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii bzip2 1.0.5-3 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg 1.15.3.1+b1 Debian package management system ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in ii make 3.81-6 An utility for Directing compilati ii patch 2.5.9-5 Apply a diff file to an original ii perl [perl5] 5.10.0-25 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii perl-modules 5.10.0-25 Core Perl modules Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends: ii build-essential 11.4 Informational list of build-essent ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.3.3-9 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler] 4.1.2-26 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.3 [c-compiler] 4.3.4-1 The GNU C compiler ii gnupg 1.4.9-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii gpgv 1.4.9-4 GNU privacy guard - signature veri Versions of packages dpkg-dev suggests: ii debian-keyring 2009.05.28 GnuPG (and obsolete PGP) keys of D ii debian-maintainers 1.64 GPG keys of Debian maintainers -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Jari Aalto wrote: > Package: dpkg-dev > Version: 1.15.3.1 > Severity: minor > > dpkg-source will build the source package with the first format > that works from this ordered list: the format indicated in the > Format field of debian/control, the format(s) indicated with the > --format command-line option(s), "1.0", "3.0 (native)". See > below for an extensive description of various source package > formats. In 1.15.3.1, there is: dpkg-source will build the source package with the first format that works from this ordered list: the format(s) indicated with the --format command-line option(s), the format indicated in debian/source/format, "1.0", "3.0 (native)". See below for an extensive description of various source package formats. Next time submit the bug report on the machine where you see the problem... > 1) The wording "the format indicated in the Format field of > debian/control" may give an impression (*) to add new field to > debian/control: > > Format: 3.0 (native) Yes, that was the case in lenny's dpkg-dev. But I decided that it was not a proper way to handle this and thus removed that feature/documentation. > 2) Please state that the format tag, e.g. "3.0 (native)", can be stored in > > debian/source/format Isn't it stated in the paragraph that you quoted? "the format indicated in debian/source/format" Isn't it obvious that the maintainer has the control of the debian/source/format file like any other file in debian/ ? (Yay, 2 empty/wrong bug reports in the row...) Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog
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