Bug#806581: libstring-expand-perl: missing (wrongly expaned?) word in long description

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting gregor herrmann (2015-11-29 12:23:55)
> On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:52:33 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>> Probably the dollar in that word needs a bactick to not get 
>> interpreted by packaging tools.
>
> Or "displaying tools". Where do you see the sentence like this?
> debian/control in git looks like this:
> 
>  String::Expand implements utility functions for expanding embedded variables
>  in a string. Variable references are embedded in strings in a similar form to
>  the Bourne shell, namely, in the form $NAME or ${NAME}. In the former case,
> 
> I can reproduce the missing word when building the package and
> calling debc.

I saw it in aptitude in fullscreen mode, and that corresponds with 
representation of the text at 
https://packages.debian.org/en/sid/libstring-expand-perl

the ${NAME} syntax was _exactly_ what I suspected: That syntax is 
expanded¹ by packaging tools.  To preserve, escape the dollar:

> [...] namely, in the form $NAME or \${NAME}.

...or perhaps \{ does the trick, not quite sure...


 - Jonas

¹ Used most often for e.g. ${misc:Depends} but also applies within long 
description - see fonts-noto for an example where statistics gathered at 
build time is included in long description.

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