Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Branden Robinson wrote:
> Uh, what if I want to put the following at the very top of my
> debian/control file?
>
> # $Id$
>
> I was given to understand that dpkg 1.10.15 or so would be just fine
> with it, whereas dpkg 1.9.21 or so would vomit all over it.
Placing comments in the leading paragraph may cause problems with older
versions.
However, for buildds, the build-depends will already be installed by the time
your package is unpacked, so in practice, I doubt this is of much concern.
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