On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 12:31:24AM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote: > Quoting http://bugs.debian.org/209569 > > If this package is being generated from a single source package and > you already provide a full description in your control file for the > main package, you might want to use it automatically in > sub-packages. If this is the case consider using ${description}, > and debian/substvars. > > Can you tell where using ${description} and debian/substvars being > documented,
It's in the dpkg-gencontrol(1) man page. Look under "VARIABLE SUBSTITUTION". > and give some examples for package which are made from a > single source package and automate using the description in > sub-packages? Not sure about that, I'm afraid. Using substvars is reasonably common though (if nothing else, dpkg-shlibdeps uses them). -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
