[dpkg] 74/192: man: Document that dependency fields in binary stanza can have restrictions

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commit 5df20387d3bab369759814bae8176d1810b1e66e
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Date:   Sat Jul 8 18:47:43 2017 +0200

    man: Document that dependency fields in binary stanza can have restrictions
    
    The architecture specifications and the restriction formulas apply also
    to the dependency fields in the binary package stanzas in debian/control.
---
 debian/changelog        | 2 ++
 man/deb-src-control.man | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 709c39a..b00af6d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ dpkg (1.19.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
       deb-src-control(5).
     - Move udeb-specific fields to the end of the list of fields in
       deb-src-control(5), and mention these are really udeb-specific.
+    - Document that dependency fields in binary stanza can have restrictions
+      in deb-src-control(5).
   * Build system:
     - Require Perl 5.20.2, the version in Debian oldstable (jessie).
     - Use new gcc-7 -Wrestrict and -Wshift-negative-value warnings if
diff --git a/man/deb-src-control.man b/man/deb-src-control.man
index bcb0efb..06c8d41 100644
--- a/man/deb-src-control.man
+++ b/man/deb-src-control.man
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@ These fields declare relationships between packages. They are discussed in
 the
 .BR deb\-control (5)
 manpage.
+When these fields are found in \fIdebian/control\fP they can also have
+architecture specifications and restriction formulas which will get reduced
+when generating the fields for \fBdeb\-control\fP(5).
 
 .TP
 .BI Subarchitecture: " value"

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