Bug#977643: equivs: Can't specify spoofed package version

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

5990 wrote:
> Anyway, I've tried with:
> ```
> Provides: python 2.7.16-1
> Provides: python: 2.7.16-1
> Provides: python=2.7.16-1
> Provides: python="2.7.16-1"

These are all the wrong syntax. Please try to use the syntax for
dependencies (and provides) in Debian packages:

Provides: python (= 2.7.16-1)

(The blank after the equal sign is optional.)

The format and syntax are documented in the Debian Policy, e.g. here:
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html

So from my point of view this is not really a bug. It though suggests
that there is a proper reference to the Debian policy for the format
of some fields missing.

Do you have any suggestion where to add such a reference? Where in the
equivs documentation did you look for such information?

> Where the full contents of `fakePython2.7.16` are:
> ```
[…]
> Description: <short description; defaults to some wise words>
> long description and info
> .
> second paragraph
> ```

For me equivs-build bails out earlier with that control file:

  syntax error in control file: long description and info

In the last three lines (i.e. those after the line starting with
"Description:"), there must be at least one white space before every
line of the description. E.g. it should look like this:

Description: <short description; defaults to some wise words>
 long description and info
 .
 second paragraph

But maybe that was just a mail client or editor issue.

> Linux kali 5.8.0-kali3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.8.14-1kali1
> (2020-10-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Kali should have much newer version of equivs than 2.2.0. It should
have 2.3.1.

		Regards, Axel
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