[debhelper-devel] Bug#847138: debhelper requires the Packages field to come before Package-Type and Build-Profiles in d/control

[Johannes Schauer]

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