Re: Bug#931975: dpkg-checkbuilddeps don't allow multiple Vcs-Git statements
Control: reassign -1 debian-policy
Hi!
On Sat, 2019-07-13 at 10:27:24 +0200, Jörg Frings-Fürst wrote:
> Package: dpkg-dev
> Version: 1.19.7
> Severity: important
> With two Vsc-Git statements in debian/control I get:
>
> dpkg-checkbuilddeps: error: syntax error in debian/control at line 14:
> duplicate field Vcs-Git found
Right, this is the expected behavior for any field. No duplicates are
allowed. I'm curious what's the reason you'd like to list two Vcs-Git
fields, is this to list multiple mirrors/alternative-URLs of the same
repo?
> From Debian policy 4.4.0 paragraph 5.6.26:
>
> More than one different VCS may be specified for the same package.
Right, and apparently I seconded that change, with this very confused
wording :/, although my reading is different: as in diffferent VCS
types are allowed, which would be consistent with the current behavior.
But even then I'm not sure what's the point alogether. At a minimum
this sentences needs to be clarified, or maybe just entirely dropped,
as it looks very confusing?
Thanks,
Guillem
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