Bug#183572: debian-policy: Documents are not useful from a practical standpoint
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 08:34:37AM +1100, Craig Small wrote:
> To use an example, what fields are in a debian/control file? What must
> be there and what is optional and what do they all mean?
>
> Maybe it's B3 of debian policy? Nope, that's out of date. C.2.2 has the
> same problem. There is also confusion about the debian/control file
> and tmp/package/DEBIAN/control file too, some fields are needed in one
> but not the other.
>
> Now maybe if you gather about 5 different sections and read a few others
> for definitions, you will get the answer. But that's a lot of mucking
> around for something that is supposed to be pretty fundamental.
Note that this particular issue will be fixed, I've already done most of the
work on this. I'll Cc: you when I submit the patch so you can second it :)
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