severity 32210 fixed thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julian Gilbey) writes:
> reassign 32210 dpkg-dev > retitle 32210 Bug#32210: dpkg-dev: parsechangelog cannot handle one character > package names > thanks > > > Trying to build a .deb archive of our "m" package > > (http://www.phy.hw.ac.uk/~karsten/M/), > > build complains about files in debian/ being ill-formatted. > > The bug is in /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian, where line 54 should > be corrected to read: > > - if (m/^(\w[-+0-9a-z.]+) \(([^\(\) \t]+)\)((\s+[-0-9a-z]+)+)\;/i) { > + if (m/^(\w[-+0-9a-z.]*) \(([^\(\) \t]+)\)((\s+[-0-9a-z]+)+)\;/i) { This is *not* a bug, applying that `fix' would be; see the fine packaging manual. | 4.2.1. `Package' | ----------------- | | The name of the binary package. Package names consist of the | alphanumerics and `+' `-' `.' (plus, minus and full stop). [...] | They must be at least two characters and must start with an ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | alphanumeric. -- James "Never trust trucks"
