Bug#555794: dh_ocamldoc: wrong regexp to detect ocamldoc flags

[Mehdi Dogguy <mehdi@dogguy.org>]

Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> 
> IMO it is not a matter on taste, in the sense that: once you say to
> _anyone_ to write command line options / flags in a file, that anyone
> will most likely write them without leaving a heading white space. That
> would make dh_ocamldoc unable to understand the flags, which in turn
> would mean ocamlfind will not be detected appropriately (and hence
> dh_ocamldoc will fail).  That "wrong by default" behavior is what
> justifies my important severity. YMMV.
> 
> The thing that the need to leave a heading whitespace is not documented,

Is it a matter of documentation then? :p

> 
> the fix is changing the regexp: it is rather easy (add a "beginning
> of word boundary" instead of a space, before each flag)

Seems to be the good fix.

BTW, I don't remember having discussed this issue with you, ever.

Cheers,

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