Bug#812119: devscripts: uscan; Files-Excluded syntax is not specified anywhere

[James McCoy]

On Jan 20, 2016 2:33 PM, "Adam D. Barratt" <adam at adam-barratt.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2016-01-20 at 19:18 +0000, Wookey wrote:
> > The uscan Files-Excluded field than can be put into debian/copyright
> > is a very nice feature, however it is currently unecessarily difficult
> > to use because it's format is not actually documented anywhere I could
> > find.
> >
> > uscan refers to the existence of the Files-Excluded field in
> > debian/copyright in the man page, but does not give any details of its
> > format.
> [...]
> > However
> > https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
> > does not contain the text 'Files-Excluded' anywhere in it.
>
> #685506 exists to rectify that, although it hasn't seen any activity for
> a while.

The short version being, Files-Excluded has the same syntax as Files.

Cheers,
James
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