Bug#607498: lintian: detecting multiple lines in a single doc-base file entry

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

reassign 607498 doc-base
retitle 607498 doc-base scrollkeeper registration doesn't like continuation lines
severity 607498 minor
thanks

Aron Xu <happyaron.xu@gmail.com> writes:

> A doc-base entry with multiple files should listed in a single line,
> rather than enlisted in several lines.

> For example, in fcitx 1:4.0.1-1, the doc-base entry must be like this:

> Format: text
> Files: /usr/share/doc/fcitx/Develop_Readme /usr/share/doc/fcitx/API.txt.gz /usr/share/doc/fcitx/pinyin.txt

> If I list all three files in three lines, it will result in an
> installation error:

> Format: text
> Files: /usr/share/doc/fcitx/Develop_Readme
>        /usr/share/doc/fcitx/API.txt.gz
>        /usr/share/doc/fcitx/pinyin.txt

> This will produce an error while processing doc-base file(s), which I
> think lintian could consider add a detection:

This seems like a bug in doc-base to me rather than something Lintian
should check.  Reassigning accordingly.

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>