Author: guillem
Date: 2007-05-15 02:32:27 +0000 (Tue, 15 May 2007)
New Revision: 773
Modified:
trunk/debian/changelog
trunk/man/ChangeLog
trunk/man/deb-control.5
Log:
Document in deb-control.5 that the control file can have '#'-style
comments. Closes: #406481
Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog 2007-05-15 02:13:02 UTC (rev 772)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog 2007-05-15 02:32:27 UTC (rev 773)
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
file. Add missing commas. Thanks to Kurt B. Kaiser. Closes: #397737
* Disambiguate in install-info.8 the use of 'Info directory' with
'Info dir file'. Closes: #420766
+ * Document in deb-control.5 that the control file can have '#'-style
+ comments. Closes: #406481
[ Updated dpkg-dev translations ]
* French (Frédéric Bothamy). Closes: #423392
Modified: trunk/man/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/man/ChangeLog 2007-05-15 02:13:02 UTC (rev 772)
+++ trunk/man/ChangeLog 2007-05-15 02:32:27 UTC (rev 773)
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2007-05-15 Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * deb-control.5: Document comments in the control file.
+
+2007-05-15 Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
* install-info.8: Disambiguate the use of 'Info directory' with 'Info
dir file'.
Modified: trunk/man/deb-control.5
===================================================================
--- trunk/man/deb-control.5 2007-05-15 02:13:02 UTC (rev 772)
+++ trunk/man/deb-control.5 2007-05-15 02:32:27 UTC (rev 773)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" Author: Raul Miller
.\" Includes text from the debian Guidelines by Ian Jackson, Ian Murdock
-.TH deb\-control 5 "2006-02-28" "Debian Project" "Debian"
+.TH deb\-control 5 "2007-05-15" "Debian Project" "Debian"
.SH NAME
deb\-control \- Debian packages' master control file format
.
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
Each Debian package contains the master `control' file, which contains
-a number of fields. Each field begins with a tag, such as
+a number of fields, or comments when the line starts with \fB'#'\fP. Each
+field begins with a tag, such as
.B Package
or
.B Version
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@
.SH EXAMPLE
.\" .RS
.nf
+# Comment
Package: grep
Essential: yes
Priority: required
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