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Bug#589609: marked as done (debian-policy: No substvars for dpkg-source and dpkg-genchanges.)



Your message dated Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:02:07 +0000
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and subject line Bug#589609: fixed in debian-policy 3.9.1.0
has caused the Debian Bug report #589609,
regarding debian-policy: No substvars for dpkg-source and dpkg-genchanges.
to be marked as done.

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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.9.0.0
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Dear all,

as promised one year and a half ago
(http://lists.debian.org/20090201011604.GF13843%40kunpuu.plessy.org), here is a
patch that removes the mention of the use of substvars for dpkg-source and
dpkg-genchanges.


t a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 0b3c1a1..597100e 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2190,10 +2190,9 @@ endif
 	<heading>Variable substitutions: <file>debian/substvars</file></heading>
 
 	<p>
-	  When <prgn>dpkg-gencontrol</prgn>,
-	  <prgn>dpkg-genchanges</prgn> and <prgn>dpkg-source</prgn>
-	  generate control files they perform variable substitutions
-	  on their output just before writing it.  Variable
+	  When <prgn>dpkg-gencontrol</prgn> generates <qref id="binarycontrolfiles">
+	  binary control files</qref> (<file>DEBIAN/control</file>) it performs
+	  variable substitutions on its output just before writing it.  Variable
 	  substitutions have the form <tt>${<var>variable</var>}</tt>.
 	  The optional file <file>debian/substvars</file> contains
 	  variable substitutions to be used; variables can also be set

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles



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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 3.9.1.0

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

debian-policy_3.9.1.0.dsc
  to main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.9.1.0.dsc
debian-policy_3.9.1.0.tar.gz
  to main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.9.1.0.tar.gz
debian-policy_3.9.1.0_all.deb
  to main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.9.1.0_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 589609@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.9.1.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Description: 
 debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 104373 175202 184064 186102 218897 232448 400322 402721 436105 445203 475101 477240 509932 509933 555977 561413 588750 589362 589605 589609
Changes: 
 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
     Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
     Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
     Closes: #436105
   * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
     Closes: #561413
   * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
     Closes: #218897
   * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
   * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #509932
   * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #400322
   * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Closes: #402721
   * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
     Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
     Closes: #475101
   * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Closes: #104373
   * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
     Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Closes: #186102
   * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
     Closes: #184064
   * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
     Closes: #509933
   * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #589609
   * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
     Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
     Closes: #232448
   * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
     Closes: #445203
   * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
     Closes: #477240
   * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Closes: #555977
   * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
     package.
   * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
     provide some examples.  (Closes: #175202)
   * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
     switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
     mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
   * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
     Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation.  Use
     that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
     references to fields in control files to use "control field"
     uniformly.
   * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
     an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
     maintainer.  Patch from Charles Plessy.  (Closes: #589605)
   * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist.  (Closes: #588750)
   * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7.  (Closes: #589362)
   * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
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