Bug#713862: /usr/bin/debchange: dch fails on debian/control files that contain comments

[Adam D. Barratt]

Control: reassign -1 libparse-debcontrol-perl
Control: forcemerge 675134 -1
Control: affects -1 devscripts

On Sun, 2013-06-23 at 13:24 +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
> I have a debian/control file that contains a comment line. According
> to policy 5.1 [1]
> this is allowed. However, if I use dch on this package, dch fails.
> 
> paul at wollumbin ~/lazarus $ dch -i
> Parse error: invalid key/value stansa at line 342 of data
> ("#################### backward compatibility meta
> packages####################").
> 
> [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html

That message originates from libparse-debcontrol-perl, which dch will
call if it's installed; looking through the bug list there, it appears
to be #675134.

Regards,

Adam