Bug#609935: debian-policy: 5.2 should clarify how Hompage from the source and binary packages relate
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> The Homepage control filed is according to chapter 5.2 allowed in both,
> the source package and the binary packages paragraphs.
>
> IMHO, this makes (semantically even sense - perhaps that should be pointed out,
> too) as e.g. a -doc, or a -dev packacke might have it's own bigger area
> in the whole project's website.
>
> But unlike with Section and Priority, it's not specified whether the binary packages
> derive that from the Source package if it's specified there AND not overriden
> in the binary package paragraph.
It's treated likewise.
It's also documented in a new manual page called "deb-src-control(5)" that
is currently only in dpkg's git repository:
http://git.debian.org/?p=dpkg/dpkg.git;a=blob;f=man/deb-src-control.5
It will thus be documented in wheezy's dpkg.
Cheers,
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