Clarify Description continuation lines must contain non-whitespace

* Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
  contain at least one non-whitespace character.  Thanks, Guillem Jover.
  (Closes: #627490)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 17b280e65072ce4ae890fa4f13b2e5a1c0373e35..239db7563c8dad9f54b197ba1e8c8a345fdcf9a0 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
     "Source package control file" for debian/control files.  Patch from
     Charles Plessy.  (Closes: #626796)
+  * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
+    contain at least one non-whitespace character.  Thanks, Guillem Jover.
+    (Closes: #627490)
   * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
   * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
   * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths.  Thanks,

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 38f209663a5e7ec782cd73a2dc26f9c40f1b2771..3122632899b7c5ec798f52e888be763c42ef8e65 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -3302,6 +3302,7 @@ Package: libc6
              Those starting with a single space are part of a paragraph.
              Successive lines of this form will be word-wrapped when
              displayed. The leading space will usually be stripped off.
+             The line must contain at least one non-whitespace character.
            </item>
 
            <item>
@@ -3312,7 +3313,8 @@ Package: libc6
              will be allowed to trail off to the right. None, one or two
              initial spaces may be deleted, but the number of spaces
              deleted from each line will be the same (so that you can have
-             indenting work correctly, for example).
+             indenting work correctly, for example).  The line must
+             contain at least one non-whitespace character.
            </item>
 
            <item>