Document Origin and Bugs fields in deb-control.5

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5f7ae912906282d1003c92c86024ec08adbab99c..8693795b565d1b420e63a37480d2f3d8f1c8300f 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dpkg (1.14.7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     there's a more formal site).
   * Allow comparing unsupported architectures for equality and identity.
     Based on a patch by Frank Lichtenheld. Closes: #427210
+  * Document Origin and Bugs fields in deb-control.5. Closes: #173463
 
   [ Frank Lichtenheld ]
   * Add _MTN to dpkg-source -i default regex. Suggested by Jari Aalto.

diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index 1512bc6cb4d5876ff8d1cbbd66d1b5ffe90967eb..87aff448fac605064d2de32b0fc02f45401d90cc 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-10-08  Guillem Jover  <guillem@debian.org>
+
+       * deb-control.5: Document Origin and Bugs fields.
+
 2007-10-07  Guillem Jover  <guillem@debian.org>
 
        * dpkg-buildpackage.1: Document that fakeroot is now the default

diff --git a/man/deb-control.5 b/man/deb-control.5
index efc40c7e00a8938324b938b9b2f016777c4b6f56..3802d07fdddf8700fbf1569102fa9589c7aa1ee1 100644 (file)
--- a/man/deb-control.5
+++ b/man/deb-control.5
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Author: Raul Miller
 .\" Includes text from the debian Guidelines by Ian Jackson, Ian Murdock
-.TH deb\-control 5 "2007-08-31" "Debian Project" "Debian"
+.TH deb\-control 5 "2007-10-08" "Debian Project" "Debian"
 .SH NAME
 deb\-control \- Debian packages' master control file format
 .
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ etc. Note that the
 option is meant for packages that are architecture independent. Some examples
 of this are shell and Perl scripts, and documentation.
 .TP
+.BR Origin: " <name>"
+The name of the distribution this package is originating from.
+.TP
+.BR Bugs: " <url>"
+The url of the bug tracking system for this package. The current used format
+is \fB<bts_type>://<bts_address>\fP, like \fBdebbugs://bugs.debian.org\fP.
+.TP
 .BR Homepage: " <url>"
 The upstream project home page URL.
 .TP