The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 6d181ade5c67db8328289c6cadfb6b96f3dc89d2
Author: Osamu Aoki <[email protected]>
Date: Thu Jul 29 06:07:11 2010 +0200
deb-control(5): Add missing mentions of the Breaks field
Alongside the other fields sharing the same syntax.
Closes: #590472
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7a15a02..022c982 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ dpkg (1.15.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
Russell Coker <[email protected]>. Closes: #587949
* Add -F option to dpkg-buildpackage to be able to explicitly specify a
normal full build and combine it with -nc. Closes: #547993
+ * Add missing mentions of the Breaks field alongside the other fields
+ sharing the same syntax in deb-control(5).
+ Thanks to Osamu Aoki <[email protected]>. Closes: #590472
[ Updated programs translations ]
* Catalan (Guillem Jover).
diff --git a/man/deb-control.5 b/man/deb-control.5
index 5583abd..59bc69a 100644
--- a/man/deb-control.5
+++ b/man/deb-control.5
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" Author: Raul Miller
.\" Includes text from the debian Guidelines by Ian Jackson, Ian Murdock
-.TH deb\-control 5 "2007-10-08" "Debian Project" "Debian"
+.TH deb\-control 5 "2010-07-29" "Debian Project" "Debian"
.SH NAME
deb\-control \- Debian packages' master control file format
.
@@ -185,15 +185,19 @@ server from having to know the package names for all of
them, and using
`|' to separate the list.
.LP
The syntax of
+.BR Breaks ,
.BR Conflicts ,
.B Replaces
and
.B Provides
is a list of package names, separated by commas (and optional whitespace).
In the
+.B Breaks
+and
.B Conflicts
-field, the comma should be read as `OR'. An optional version can also be
+fields, the comma should be read as `OR'. An optional version can also be
given with the same syntax as above for the
+.BR Breaks ,
.B Conflicts
and
.B Replaces
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