Re: closes feature

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 17, 1999 at 07:40:58PM +0000, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > I just tried to use the closes feature with my last upload of ae. It was
> > my understanding that I only needed a dpkg that creates the entries in the
> > changes log from parsing the changelog. 
> 
> That's right.
> 
> > I'm using the latest dpkg and used the closes keyword,
> 
> You did not use the correct format.  The magic is not in the word "closes" but
> in the way it is used:
> 
>     Closes: #12345, #45566
>     
> works, and so does
> 
>     Closes: bug#12345, bug#23456
> 
> The colon, the "#" and the lack of space between the "#" and the number
> are important.
> 
> The format is precisely defined by the following Perl regexp:
>   /closes:\s*(?:bug)?\#\d+(?:,\s*(?:bug)?\#\d+)*/ig

Thanks, that explains it. My syntax was a bit more free form ;-)

Much appreciated,

Dwarf
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