[Build-common-hackers] Bug#301607: cdbs: control auto-build messes with long descriptions

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Package: cdbs
Version: 0.4.27-3
Severity: important

The package cstream contains the following in the long description:


  - Accepts 'k', 'm' and 'g' character after number for kilo, mega,
    giga bytes for overall data size limit.


When enabling DEB_AUTO_UPDATE_DEBIAN_CONTROL building breaks due to
the generated control file containing this:


  - Accepts 'k', 'm' and 'g' character after number for kilo, mega, 
echo  giga bytes for overall data size limit.



My guess is cdbs wrongly assumes lines ending with comma should be
messed with, but I can't locate the exact error myself.


Tagging as important as I suspect there's risk of more harm if the
auto-update sed routine does not mess only with Build-depends line.


 - Jonas


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-rc1-mm3
Locale: LANG=da_DK, LC_CTYPE=da_DK (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

-- no debconf information