Bug#944331: debian-policy: Spurious space after dash in plain text output
Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.4.1
Severity: minor
Hi!
Noticed the following instances of spurious spaces after a dash, while
skimming over the plain text policy document:
- index, rendered as:
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* 7.8. Additional source packages used to build the binary -
"Built- Using"
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- chapter 4, footnote [11], rendered as:
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Another common way to do this is for "build" to depend on
"build- stamp" and to do nothing else, and for the "build-stamp"
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- chapter 6, footnote [2], rendered as:
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This can happen if the new version of the package no longer
pre- depends on a package that had been partially upgraded.
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- chapter 7, footnote [1], rendered as:
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While "Build-Depends", "Build-Depends-Indep" and "Build-
Depends- Arch" permit the use of alternative dependencies, these
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- chapter 8, footnote [7], rendered as:
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This wording allows the development files to be split into
several packages, such as a separate architecture-independent
libraryname- headers, provided that the development package
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- chapter 8, footnote [13], rendered as:
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separate "substvars" files for each binary package and calling
"dpkg- gencontrol" with the appropriate flags.
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Thanks,
Guillem
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