[debhelper-devel] Bug#847138: debhelper requires the Packages field to come before Package-Type and Build-Profiles in d/control
Johannes Schauer
josch at debian.org
Mon Dec 5 22:11:32 UTC 2016
Package: debhelper
Version: 10.2.2
Severity: normal
Hi,
the function getpackages() in Dh_Lib.pm currently expects the Packages
field to come before the Package-Type and Build-Profiles field in binary
stanzas in debian/control. If that's not the case, then the function
will reset the values of the Package-Type and Build-Profiles field. This
should not happen:
- there is nothing enforcing the order of fields in debian/control
stanzas
- rfc822 doesn't care about the order of fields either
- many (most?) tools parsing deb822 also do not care about the order
Thus, please make the getpackages() function independent of the order
the fields appear in.
Thanks!
cheers, josch
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