Bug#671355: marked as done ([debconf] document escape capability)
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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: debian-policy: [debconf_spec] Document escape capability.
- From: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 22:21:55 +0900
- Message-id: <20120503132155.4338.98190.reportbug@aqwa.igloo>
Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist
Hello everybody,
I just figured out that Defconf's escape capability is not mentionned in the
spec. Here is a small patch to correct this.
Have a nice day,
>From 83e3ca9d76659b81b7f3f14de315b69b57dc868c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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>
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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 3.9.5.0
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.
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 671355@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)
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Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:40:48 +0900
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.9.5.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 668394 669915 671355 676784 679326 690293 691352 697433 698030 700536 700574 701081 703022 704657 705403 706778 707077 707183 715804 720507
Changes:
debian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Policy: Document the Package-List field.
Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Closes: #697433
* Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Closes: #679326
* Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
Closes: #690293
* Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Closes: #698030
* Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Closes: #669915
* Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Closes: #715804
* Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
Closes: #701081
* Policy: Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
Closes: #720507
* Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Closes: #707183
* Policy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.
Wording: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Closes: #707077
* Policy: Control data fields must not start with a hyphen character.
Wording: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Closes: #706778
* debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Closes: #671355
* virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder.
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Closes: #668394
* Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
* Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
* Update dak reference from old katie name.
Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
* Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
* Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
* Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
* List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
* Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
Closes: #705403
* Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
* Packaging: use the VCS URLs proposed by Lintian.
* Packaging: normalised debian/control with the tool "config-model-edit".
* Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
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