On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > > > > Joey> think you should point to that RFC in that section BTW, even > > > Joey> though control file format varies from it in several ways. > > > > > > Color me puzzled. If we are so different from teh RFC, why > > > should we mention it? > > > > We're not really that different. The rfc allows any line to be wrapped, > > we do not. > > Erm, I'd consider any parser which does not allow this to be broken..
Most definately. If subsequent lines start with a space, remove all leading space on the line, all ending space on the previous line, convert to 1 space, then append the current line to the value. Jason: I seem to remember some problems in the past, when depends lines where continued, and apt had issues initially(or something to this effect). ----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK---- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s: a-- c+++ UL++++ P+ L++++ !E W+ M o+ K- W--- !O M- !V PS-- PE++ Y+ PGP++ t* 5++ X+ tv b+ D++ G e h*! !r z? -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- ----BEGIN PGP INFO---- Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Finger Print | KeyID 67 01 42 93 CA 37 FB 1E 63 C9 80 1D 08 CF 84 0A | DE656B05 PGP AD46 C888 F587 F8A3 A6DA 3261 8A2C 7DC2 8BD4 A489 | 8BD4A489 GPG -----END PGP INFO-----
