Mark W. Eichin writes ("Re: Extended descriptions"): ... > In fact, dpkg-1.1.0 doc/guidelines.texi is clear (and wrong) on them > being simply an "RFC822 style" continuation, just like any other > package field. doc/descriptions.txt explains the bit about > preformatted text; I've fixed xterm-color, and look forward to seeing > the text in guidleinex.texi itself. Thanks for the clarification. It'll be there in the next version. Ian.