Bug#446712: [PATCH] Allow comments in debian/control (bug#446712)
Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> writes:
> meh. forgot to actually send this to the bug.
Thank you!
It occurred to me to check behavior with multiline fields as well. Here's
a slightly modified version documenting that. Does this still look good
to you? (And also requesting seconds from others.)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2450,6 +2450,14 @@ Package: libc6
See <ref id="substvars"> for details.
</p>
+ <p>
+ In addition to the control file syntax described <qref
+ id="controlsyntax">above</qref>, this file may also contain
+ comment lines starting with <tt>#</tt>. All such lines are
+ ignored, even in the middle of continuation lines for a
+ multiline field, and do not end a multiline field.
+ </p>
+
</sect>
<sect id="binarycontrolfiles">
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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