From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 22:04:09 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Unify the syntax description for package names
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b77ed5d17ca2ed8f7b0234710fb5b1e0c70fb1ad;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git

Unify the syntax description for package names

In the Package field description, reference the syntax for source package
names in the Source field description rather than repeating it.  Add a
cross-reference to Package in the Source field description.

Reported by Jonathan Yu.
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diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 1eb6977..ffc721f 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2605,11 +2605,12 @@ Package: libc6
 	  </p>
 
 	  <p>
-	    Package names must consist only of lower case letters
-	    (<tt>a-z</tt>), digits (<tt>0-9</tt>), plus (<tt>+</tt>)
-	    and minus (<tt>-</tt>) signs, and periods (<tt>.</tt>).
-	    They must be at least two characters long and must start
-	    with an alphanumeric character.
+	    Package names (both source and binary,
+	    see <ref id="f-Package">) must consist only of lower case
+	    letters (<tt>a-z</tt>), digits (<tt>0-9</tt>), plus
+	    (<tt>+</tt>) and minus (<tt>-</tt>) signs, and periods
+	    (<tt>.</tt>).  They must be at least two characters long and
+	    must start with an alphanumeric character.
 	  </p>
 	</sect1>
 
@@ -2708,11 +2709,9 @@ Package: libc6
 	  </p>
 
 	  <p>
-	    Package names must consist only of lower case letters
-	    (<tt>a-z</tt>), digits (<tt>0-9</tt>), plus (<tt>+</tt>)
-	    and minus (<tt>-</tt>) signs, and periods (<tt>.</tt>).
-	    They must be at least two characters long and must start
-	    with an alphanumeric character.
+	    Binary package names must follow the same syntax and
+	    restrictions as source package names.  See <ref id="f-Source">
+	    for the details.
 	  </p>
 	</sect1>