Russ Allbery <[email protected]> writes: > + <p> > + In all cases, Files is a multiline field. The first line of > + the field value (the part on the same line as <tt>Files:</tt>) > + is always empty. The content of the field is expressed as > + continuation lines, one line per file. Each line must be > + indented by one space and contain a number of sub-fields, > + separated by spaces, as described below. > </p>
Is this a more general pattern that could be described in one place, and referenced from multiple parts of the policy? I would like to see some of the ‘debian/control’ fields, such as the dependency fields, permitted (though not required) to use this multi-line-with-first-line-empty syntax. -- \ “Progress might have been all right once, but it's gone on too | `\ long.” —Ogden Nash | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
