Bug#535958: libparse-debcontrol-perl: fails to parse control files with comments

[gregor herrmann]

On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:28:28 -0400, Jonathan Yu wrote:

> > debian/control does now allow comments (lines starting with # with no
> > preceding whitespace) but when libparse-debcontrol-perl comes across
> > such a debian/control file, parse_file returns an empty variable.
> Is there a reference in policy for this?

5.2, last sentence, since 3.8.1.0 according to
/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.txt.gz
 
Cheers,
gregor

-- 
 .''`.   http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG Key IDs: 0x00F3CFE4, 0x8649AA06
 : :' :  Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/
 `. `'   Member of VIBE!AT, SPI Inc., fellow of FSFE | http://got.to/quote/
   `-    NP: Elton John: I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 197 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
URL: <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-perl-maintainers/attachments/20090706/ee141a8d/attachment-0001.pgp>