Bug#671355: debian-policy: [debconf_spec] Document escape capability.
Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> writes:
> I just figured out that Defconf's escape capability is not mentionned in
> the spec. Here is a small patch to correct this.
Seconded.
> From: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
> Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 22:19:30 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH] Document Debconf's escape capability.
> ---
> debconf_spec/include/commands.xml | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> diff --git a/debconf_spec/include/commands.xml b/debconf_spec/include/commands.xml
> index d5bad36..4d19b88 100644
> --- a/debconf_spec/include/commands.xml
> +++ b/debconf_spec/include/commands.xml
> @@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
> Backing up to a previous step is supported.
> </entry>
> </row>
> + <row>
> + <entry>escape</entry>
> + <entry>
> + Backslashes and newlines escape is supported. See
> + debconf-escape(1).
> + </entry>
> + </row>
> <row>
> <entry>multiselect</entry>
> <entry>
Minor nit: I think there's formal DocBook markup for a cross-reference to
a manual page. If I'm remembering correctly, we should use that markup
here.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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