From fe712f58ca28ad320aa90e0a5a37aedc5eb9ec3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russ Allbery Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:00:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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) --- debian/changelog | 3 +++ policy.sgml | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 17b280e..239db75 100644 --- 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 38f2096..3122632 100644 --- 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. @@ -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. -- 2.39.2