The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 77f7292128f315e0cd95177241184252604347ce
Author: Raphael Hertzog <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Jul 15 16:44:21 2009 +0200
deb-substvars(5): list fields where substvars do not work
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 23e0f5c..b429933 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ dpkg (1.15.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* Fix dpkg's preinst in case /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives contains unexpected
sub-directories. Closes: #535138
* Upgrade Standards-Version to 3.8.2 (no changes).
+ * Update deb-substvars(5) to list fields that do not support substvars.
+ Closes: #535353
[ Modestas Vainius ]
* Provide a meaningful label for dpkg-gensymbols diff.
diff --git a/man/deb-substvars.5 b/man/deb-substvars.5
index 2fc10cd..60f4866 100644
--- a/man/deb-substvars.5
+++ b/man/deb-substvars.5
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ string
.B $
sign.
+While variable substitution is done on all control fields, some of those
+fields are used and needed during the build when the substitution did not
+yet occur. That's why you can't use variables in the \fBPackage\fP,
+\fBSource\fP and \fBArchitecture\fP fields.
+
Variables can be set using the
.B \-V
common option. They can be also specified in the file
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