Re: [policy] 01/03: correct description of Testsuite:
commit 18c8f975c6351c0c720804b7c4a9801561c94398
Author: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Date: Sat Aug 26 12:44:44 2017 -0700
correct description of Testsuite:
- dpkg adds to binary control files
Not "binary"... It's added to the .dsc, therefore is the *source* control file!
diff --git a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
index 61f2b23..2bc7a07 100644
--- a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
+++ b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
+This field is automatically added to Debian binary control files by
Also here.
+``dpkg``, with the value ``autopkgtest``, when a
+``debian/tests/control`` file is present in the source package. This
+field may also be used in source package control files if needed in
+other situations.
Besides, I'm confused as to whether this "source package control file" refers to the .dsc or debian/control (it's probably explained on other parts of the chapter that I haven't taken the time to read now though)
(Unsigned as I'm writing it from my mobile, but I didn't want to let this through and forget..)
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