Debian Bug report logs - #597340
dpkg-gencontrol: implicit substvar at the end of every field

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Package: dpkg-dev; Maintainer for dpkg-dev is Dpkg Developers <[email protected]>; Source for dpkg-dev is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]>

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:27:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version dpkg/1.15.8.5

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From: Raphael Hertzog <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Bug#597340: dpkg-gencontrol: implicit substvar at the end of
 every field
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2010, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> >CCing -devel and Joey Hess to have some input on this idea. Do you think
> >it would be useful ? Do you have comments and suggestions ?
> 
> I'm uncomfortable with the idea of (even more?) build-time package
> settings being hidden away outside of debian/control. :-/

On the flip side, it means less possibilities of mistakes for debhelper
users, a simpler learning curve to newbies who don't have to know about
substvars right from the start, etc.

But I can understand your feeling and we will probably need options to
disable this behaviour in some cases.

Cheers,
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