Paul Elliott <pelliott@blackpatchpanel.com> writes:
> I have a really long Build-Depends: line.
>
> Multiple Build-Depends: lines is an error.
I think you mean “multiple Build-Depends fields”. Yes, that's an error.
But the field can span multiple lines by indenting the continuation lines:
=====
Build-Depends:
foo,
bar,
baz
=====
and it's all interpreted as a single field.
See Debian policy §5.1, “Syntax of control files”.
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