On 12-08-24 at 01:06pm, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 12:33:09PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > Files-Excluded: > > > # ignore copy of lua > > > lua_5.1.4/ > […] > > Above means inventing a *new* syntax for files, instead of reusing > > the existing one from Files: paragraphs. > > debian/control, which is 822-like, already supports #-comments. So, > strictly speaking, we will just reusing a (meta-)syntax that already > exists elsewhere among debian/* files. > > Note, however, that #-comments in debian/control must *start* the > line, so the above example wouldn't work. Support for #-comments is 822-like files is specific to debian/control, and Jakub Wilk pointed out in <[🔎] 20120823192353.GA5628@jwilk.net>. Debian Policy, §5.1: > Lines starting with # without any preceding whitespace are comments > lines that are only permitted in source package control files > (`debian/control'). - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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