Source in .changes may contain a version number

Per recent mail from Guillem Jover, the version number is also added
to the Source field of .changes files for binNMUs.  This change was
made in dpkg 1.13.22 and is therefore currently in stable.  dak also
now supports it.

git-archimport-id: rra@debian.org--lenny/debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-12

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 667ad6688b77198f72d32a08f01bf0a0f936600f..674d43bdabbe17c2599a4fb8d664203813c8e40f 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     virtual packages.
   * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
     thanks to Michiel de Boer.                               (Closes: #435207).
+  * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
+                                                             (Closes: #431813).
 
  --
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 46ae4eb7db85dd3594b8b3c9b902b5a2ae62ba0c..36a2997a90819a5bb38d85be78d71f8555fd47f2 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2336,14 +2336,14 @@ Package: libc6
          </p>
 
          <p>
-           In a main source control information, a <file>.changes</file>
-           or a <file>.dsc</file> file this may contain only the name
-           of the source package.
+           In <file>debian/control</file> or a <file>.dsc</file> file,
+           this field must contain only the name of the source package.
          </p>
 
          <p>
-           In the control file of a binary package it may be followed
-           by a version number in parentheses<footnote>
+           In a binary package control file or a <file>.changes</file>
+           file, the source package name may be followed by a version
+           number in parentheses<footnote>
                It is customary to leave a space after the package name
                if a version number is specified.
            </footnote>.

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html
index f3bf0af135ee466b01dcef9983b78a2dabdf903d..d3607c0dcbbe9e95b9b86a4879d66bceae2a8175 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.html
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.html
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ picking your way through this list.
        menu structure.  Packages with menu entries should be reviewed to
        see if the menu section has been renamed or if one of the new
        sections would be more appropriate.                       [menu policy]
+     * The Source field in a .changes file may contain a version number
+       in parentheses.                                           [5.6.1]
 3.7.2.2                        Oct 2006
      * Maintainer scripts must not be world writeable (up from a
        should to a must)                                         [6.1]