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View the commit online: https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=b7334ac2ba0d3b189add4e5036e614c05d5e02ec commit b7334ac2ba0d3b189add4e5036e614c05d5e02ec Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Fri Oct 10 23:14:11 2025 +0200 Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore: Deprecate SC field export rules in binary stanza Exporting fields into .dsc and .changes files declared in the binary stanza of a source package template control file, makes little sense, because there if there are multiple binary stanzas the resulting value will depend on how the file is evaluated. If there's ever a need for this, then proper support needs to be added to dpkg, so that any value can be coalesced to generate a single output value. Prompted-by: Richard Hansen <[email protected]> Ref: https://bugs.debian.org/1117566 --- man/deb-src-control.pod | 6 ++++++ scripts/Dpkg/Control/FieldsCore.pm | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/deb-src-control.pod b/man/deb-src-control.pod index 431659c0b..8daef4687 100644 --- a/man/deb-src-control.pod +++ b/man/deb-src-control.pod @@ -496,16 +496,22 @@ the letters B<SBC> and a hyphen. The field will appear in the source package control file, see L<dsc(5)>. +Only expected in the source package stanza. + =item B<B> The field will appear in the control file in the binary package, see L<deb-control(5)>. +Allowed in the source package stanza or any binary package stanza. + =item B<C> The field will appear in the upload control (.changes) file, see L<deb-changes(5)>. +Only expected in the source package stanza. + =back Note that the B<X>[B<SBC>]B<-> prefixes are stripped when the diff --git a/scripts/Dpkg/Control/FieldsCore.pm b/scripts/Dpkg/Control/FieldsCore.pm index 3d0ff2fc5..c7d592e3e 100644 --- a/scripts/Dpkg/Control/FieldsCore.pm +++ b/scripts/Dpkg/Control/FieldsCore.pm @@ -1130,6 +1130,12 @@ sub field_transfer_single { return $field; } elsif ($field =~ /^X([SBC]*)-/i) { my $dest = $1; + + if ($dest =~ /SC/i and $from_type == CTRL_TMPL_PKG) { + warning(g_('non-sensical field export rules (%s) in field %s in ' . + 'binary stanza from source package template control file'), + $dest, $field); + } if (($dest =~ /B/i and $to_type == CTRL_DEB) or ($dest =~ /S/i and $to_type == CTRL_DSC) or ($dest =~ /C/i and $to_type == CTRL_FILE_CHANGES)) -- Dpkg.Org's dpkg
