Your message dated Tue, 17 Oct 2017 01:33:48 +0000 with message-id <e1e4glq-0002rn...@fasolo.debian.org> and subject line Bug#858579: fixed in dpkg 1.19.0 has caused the Debian Bug report #858579, regarding /usr/share/man/man5/deb-changelog.5.gz: please support a comment syntax for Debian changelog files to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.18.23 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/man/man5/deb-changelog.5.gz I believe that, as a general rule, all human-readable, human-editable, machine-parseable file formats should support a comment syntax. Debian changelogs meet these criteria. My use case is simply this, at the end of the file: # vim:set ai et sw=2 ts=2 tw=78: Fans of other editors can do similarly (and probably already do, outside the spec just like me). -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on: ii binutils 2.27.90.20170124-2 ii bzip2 1.0.6-8.1 ii libdpkg-perl 1.18.23 ii make 4.1-9.1 ii patch 2.7.5-1+b2 pn perl:any <none> ii tar 1.29b-1.1 ii xz-utils 5.2.2-1.2+b1 Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends: ii build-essential 12.3 ii fakeroot 1.21-3.1 ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:6.3.0-1 ii gcc-6 [c-compiler] 6.3.0-6 ii gnupg 2.1.18-6 ii gpgv 2.1.18-6 ii libalgorithm-merge-perl 0.08-3 Versions of packages dpkg-dev suggests: ii debian-keyring 2017.01.20 -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Source: dpkg Source-Version: 1.19.0 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of dpkg, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 858...@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> (supplier of updated dpkg package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Format: 1.8 Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 01:51:16 +0200 Source: dpkg Binary: dpkg libdpkg-dev dpkg-dev libdpkg-perl dselect Architecture: source Version: 1.19.0 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Dpkg Developers <debian-d...@lists.debian.org> Changed-By: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> Description: dpkg - Debian package management system dpkg-dev - Debian package development tools dselect - Debian package management front-end libdpkg-dev - Debian package management static library libdpkg-perl - Dpkg perl modules Closes: 291320 555743 846405 856396 856547 857852 858579 862924 864509 864882 867133 867327 868356 868800 869236 870221 872309 873937 877521 877688 877929 Changes: dpkg (1.19.0) unstable; urgency=medium . [ Guillem Jover ] * Remove an unused variable in dpkg-shlibdeps. Thanks to Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net>. * Parse start-stop-daemon usernames and groupnames starting with digits in -u and -c correctly. Reported by Bodo Eggert <7egg...@online.de>. * Cache the result of «dpkg-query --control-path» calls in dpkg-shlibdeps. Based on a patch by Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net>. Closes: #846405 * Always use the binary version for the .buildinfo filename in dpkg-genbuildinfo. Reported by Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>. Closes: #869236 * Fix integer overflow in deb(5) format version parser. Closes: #868356 * Re-enable upstream tar signatures when building source format 1.0. * Make dpkg-deb --build sanity check the config maintainer script file type and permissions. * Add support to dpkg-deb for rootless builds, by setting the owner and group for the control.tar entries to root:root, and making it possible to do the same for the data.tar entries via the new --root-owner-group option. Based on a patch by Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net>. Closes: #291320 * Make dpkg-buildpackage error out if --as-root is passed without --rules-target. * Add support for rootless builds in dpkg-buildpackage by honoring the Rules-Requires-Root (R³) field. * Add new dpkg-buildflags --query command, which is like --status but in deb822 format. * Remove long obsolete dselect floppy method. * Remove traces of non-US support from dselect methods. * Add support for a new Build-Kernel-Version field in .buildinfo files, that can be emitted with a new dpkg-genbuildinfo --always-include-kernel option. Closes: #873937 * Make dpkg-genchanges honor substvars in .changes Description field. Closes: #856547 * Add support for source package Description and substvars. This new field in the debian/control source stanza will be copied into the .dsc file, and will also be used to initialize the new source:Synopsis and source:Extended-Description substvars that will be available when generating the DEBIAN/control and .changes files. Closes: #555743 * Add new “future” feature area in dpkg-buildflags: - Add new «lfs» feature, to be used instead of the getconf(1) interface which cannot support cross-building. * Add new buildtools.mk make fragment to support build tools variable setup, for both TOOL and TOOL_FOR_BUILD variables. Not included by default from default.mk. * Make --uniform-compression the new default dpkg-deb behavior. Add support for negating the option via --no-uniform-compression. * Clarify subprocess error message by shuffling words around. * Print the package name on maintainter script errors. Closes: #877521 * Fix capitalization of Debian in dpkg-deb output messages. * Add a policikit file for running update-alternatives via pkexec. Propose by Boyuan Yang <073p...@gmail.com>. * Perl modules: - Switch from Dpkg::Util to List::Util, now that the module in the new required Perl contains the needed functions. - Add a new "unique_tuple_key" option to Dpkg::Index set_options() to set better default "get_key_func" options, which will become the default behavior in 1.20.x. Prompted by Johannes Schauer <jo...@debian.org>. - Mark ppc64 and powerpc as having gcc builtin PIE in Dpkg::Vendor::Debian. - Make the Dpkg::Substvars warnings output deterministic. Thanks to Chris Lamb <la...@debian.org>. Closes: #870221 - Remove unused POSIX module imports. - Use Errno module instead of the slow to import POSIX. - Remove unused Dpkg::Path from Dpkg::Vendor::Ubuntu. - Only load POSIX from Dpkg::Compression::FileHandle if we are going to use signal definitions, reducing the load time of many other modules. - Only load Dpkg::BuildOptions and Dpkg::Arch from Dpkg::Vendor-specific modules if we are going to use them, reducing the load time of many other modules. - Only load Term::ANSIColor from Dpkg::ErrorHandling if we are going to use colors, reducing the load time of many other modules. - Move color setup into report_pretty in Dpkg::ErrorHandling. - Move printforhelp initialization into usageerr() in Dpkg::ErrorHandling. - Avoid many function arguments in Dpkg::Shlibs::SymbolFile parse(). - Avoid many function arguments in Dselect::Ftp do_connect(). - Add new Dpkg::Interface::Storable option to disable compression support, so that we can load Dpkg::Compression::FileHandle only when enabled. - Disable decompression support for Dpkg::Vendor origin files. - Move file_lock() function into a new Dpkg::Lock module, to reduce the module load chain for several Dpkg modules. - Add support for new DPKG_NLS environment variable in Dpkg::Gettext, that when set to 0 will disable NLS (i18n) support in the Dpkg modules, and reduce the load chain. - Disable compression when using the default file in Dpkg::Changelog::Parse. - Mark all missing CTRL_INDEX_SRC and CTRL_INDEX_PKG fields as allowed in Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore. - Complete field order for CTRL_PKG_DEB and CTRL_FILE_STATUS types in Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore. - Switch to use lowercase field names for all internal field name handling in Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore, giving a significant speed up. - Remove dependency on Dpkg::Checksums from Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore. - Do not execute code when importing Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore. - Use substr instead of a regex to match the first line characters in when parsing control files in Dpkg::Control::HashCore. - Merge build flag methods into a single _add_build_flags private method in Dpkg::Vendor::Debian. - Do not use an intermediate variable in Dpkg::Control::HashCore::Tie STORE method. - Expect deb822 stanza delimiters more often than OpenPGP Armor Headers in Dpkg::Control::HashCore parse method. - Optimize trailing space matching on Dpkg::Control::HashCore parse method, by trimming it just once at the beginning of the iteration. - Optimize trailing space trimming on Dpkg::Control::HashCore parse method, by requiring that at least one whitespace is present. - Optimize first character matching in Dpkg::Control::HashCore parse method, by storing the first character in a variable. - Optimize field/value parsing in Dpkg::Control::HashCore parse method, by switching from a capturing regex to split() plus a checking regex. - Auto-convert binary signatures to OpenPGP ASCII Armor in Dpkg::Source::Package when building source packages. - Switch Dpkg::Source::Package::V3 modules to use find_command() instead of ad-hoc code. - Call source format prerequisites Dpkg::Source::Package method if present. Addresses: #877688 - Unify Dpkg::ErrorHandling subprocess errors with the ones from libdpkg. - Do not emit a perl warning if gcc or dpkg is not found from Dpkg::Arch, the code already handles the commands not being present. - Do not unnecessarily require setting the host_arch in Dpkg::Deps. Closes: #856396 - Do not normalize args past a passthrough stop word in Dpkg::Getopt. Some commands pass some arguments through to another command, and those must not be normalized as that might break their invocation. Reported by Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de>. * Documentation: - Document currently accepted syntax for changelogs in deb-changelog(5). Closes: #858579 - Mark source:Version substvar in bold in deb-substvars(5). - Clarify behavior for dpkg-maintscript-helper. Closes: #857852 - Use <command-string> instead of <command> for -c argument value in dpkg-architecture(1). Reported by Johannes Schauer <jo...@debian.org>. - Itemize the CTRL_* constants in the Dpkg::Index POD. - Update buildinfo information in dpkg-buildpackage man page to match the current implementation. - Add all source files to POTFILES.in files. - Move deb-version man page to section 7. - Remove reference to obsolete dpkg-cross(1). - Sort control field export markers by tool order in deb-src-control(5). - Document Package-Type and Enhances fields in deb-control(5). - Write the actual glyphs used to delimit dependency restrictions in deb-src-control(5). - Move Package-Type description just after the Package field in deb-src-control(5). - Move udeb-specific fields to the end of the list of fields in deb-src-control(5), and mention these are really udeb-specific. - Document that dependency fields in binary stanza can have restrictions in deb-src-control(5). - Clarify that the Testsuite field is comma-separarted. - Fix update-alternatives man page section in alternatives/README file reference. Closes: #872309 - Use correct name for archname validator value in dpkg(1) man page. Reported by Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net. - Add new deb-src-rules(5) man page. - Document that trailing commas are valid in debian/control dependency fields, which get stripped when generating output files. Prompted by Mattia Rizzolo <mat...@debian.org>. - Clarify that sanitize options should not be used for production builds. - Remove recommendation to use Pre-Depends for trigger directives from deb-triggers(5). Closes: #864882 - Add new rootless build experimental draft specification. Initial proposal by Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net>, wording fixes and spec clarifications by Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>. - Fix several function signature documentation. * Code internals: - Switch perl code to use -> operator for function variables. - Switch perl code from split() with /\s+/ to ' '. * Build system: - Require Perl 5.20.2, the version in Debian oldstable (jessie). - Use new gcc-7 -Wrestrict and -Wshift-negative-value warnings if available. - Do not override the default DEPENDENCIES for libdpkg, extend it instead. - Install perl man pages in section 3perl. * Packaging: - Remove preinst maintainer scripts for dselect and dpkg-dev, for an ancient /usr/share/doc symlink to directory switch. Closes: #867327 - Remove now unused libio-string-perl Build-Depends, and versioned dpkg-dev as we do not use build profiles any more. - Set Rules-Requires-Root field to no. - Do not set redundant source compression to xz. - Bump Standards-Version to 4.1.0 (no changes needed). - Switch to debhelper compatibility level 10. - Split alternatives logrotate into its own configuration file to help downstreams and derivatives. - Remove ancient code recompressing the alternatives database backups from xz to gzip in the dpkg daily cron job. - Remove Replaces and Breaks for ancient transitions. - Remove workaround for ancient gcc lacking stackprotectorstrong support. - Remove maintainer script code to handle downgrades to pre-triggers and pre-multiarch dpkg versions. - Remove alternative logs when purging dpkg (!?). - Add support for DPKG_ROOT in dpkg maintainer scripts. - Add git and bzr to libdpkg-perl Suggests. Closes: #877688 * Test suite: - Enable perlcritic Documentation::RequirePodSections and Miscellanea::ProhibitTies. - Disable perlcritic ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitEscapedCharacter. - Add a new all_perl_modules function to Test::Dpkg. - Add a new module-version unit test to check that module $VERSION matches the newest entry in the CHANGES section. - Use Module::Metadata instead of grepping for $VERSION in pod-coverage. - Avoid many function arguments in Dpkg_Changelog.t check_options(). - Add a new unit test for Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore. - Switch from IO::String to native open() scalar support. - Use UTC0 when setting TZ. . [ Updated programs translations ] * German (Sven Joachim). * Italian (Pietro Battiston). Closes: #864509 * Portuguese (Miguel Figueiredo). Closes: #868800 * Simplified Chinese (Zhou Mo, Boyuan Yang). Closes: #867133, #877929 . [ Updated scripts translations ] * German (Helge Kreutzmann). . [ Updated man pages translations ] * Dutch (Frans Spiesschaert). Closes: #862924 * German (Helge Kreutzmann). 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