From 094c274405d655ae99571888932d190b1429db8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 21:46:01 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that debian/control comments may not start with
 whitespace
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The # must be in the first column.  Thanks to Adeodato Simó for the
wording suggestion.
---
 policy.sgml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 58ba938..df586d1 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2453,9 +2453,10 @@ Package: libc6
 	<p>
 	  In addition to the control file syntax described <qref
 	  id="controlsyntax">above</qref>, this file may also contain
-	  comment lines starting with <tt>#</tt>.  All such lines are
-	  ignored, even in the middle of continuation lines for a
-	  multiline field, and do not end a multiline field.
+	  comment lines starting with <tt>#</tt> without any preceding
+	  whitespace.  All such lines are ignored, even in the middle of
+	  continuation lines for a multiline field, and do not end a
+	  multiline field.
 	</p>
 
       </sect>
-- 
2.39.2