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| Started by | Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> |
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| First post | 2025-09-12 17:20 +0200 |
| Last post | 2025-10-02 15:00 +0200 |
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Bug#1114994: debian-policy: Remove obsolete reference to MSDOS-Filename field Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> - 2025-09-12 17:20 +0200
Bug#1114994: debian-policy: Remove obsolete reference to MSDOS-Filename field Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-10-02 14:00 +0200
Bug#1114994: debian-policy: Remove obsolete reference to MSDOS-Filename field Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> - 2025-10-02 14:40 +0200
Bug#1114994: debian-policy: Remove obsolete reference to MSDOS-Filename field Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2025-10-02 15:00 +0200
| From | Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> |
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| Date | 2025-09-12 17:20 +0200 |
| Subject | Bug#1114994: debian-policy: Remove obsolete reference to MSDOS-Filename field |
| Message-ID | <LudJ7-eNbs-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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Source: debian-policy Source-Version: 4.7.2.0 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi! I've just pushed a change into dpkg's git targeting 1.23.0, removing support for the MSDOS-Filename field. This has been widely obsolete for a long time, and it has not been supported by pretty much anything except some decaying support in dpkg. The only current references to this field in codesearch.d.n, are in apt (only for ordering purposes, no parsing or generation), lintian (only in a data reference to the Debian Policy section name), dpkg (which has now been removed), and debian-policy (the object of this report :). From the attached patch against debian-policy git HEAD: ,--- policy: Remove reference to MSDOS-Filename This a relic from the past, where distributions had to possibly support installation from MS-DOS systems, or transport binary packages in FAT formatted media. This has not been the case for a very long time. And front-ends like apt do not even support handling MSDOS-Filename in repositories, and VFAT support is wide-spread nowadays. Support for this field is going to be removed from dpkg 1.23.0. Ref: https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=4610332047d2609fc26146024227f4a51de9d8f5 `--- Thanks, Guillem
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| From | Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> |
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| Date | 2025-10-02 14:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <LBq8y-2bpg-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #1261124 |
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Hello, On Fri 12 Sep 2025 at 05:16pm +02, Guillem Jover wrote: > diff --git a/policy/ap-pkg-controlfields.rst b/policy/ap-pkg-controlfields.rst > index d3b43b3..71a3d16 100644 > --- a/policy/ap-pkg-controlfields.rst > +++ b/policy/ap-pkg-controlfields.rst > @@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ Policy manual. > > .. _s-pkg-f-Filename: > > -``Filename`` and ``MSDOS-Filename`` > +``Filename`` > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -These fields in ``Packages`` files give the filename(s) of (the parts > +This field in ``Packages`` files give the filename(s) of (the parts > of) a package in the distribution directories, relative to the root of > the Debian hierarchy. If the package has been split into several parts > the parts are all listed in order, separated by spaces. Thanks. Seconded. -- Sean Whitton
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| From | Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org> |
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| Date | 2025-10-02 14:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <LBqLf-2bTl-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #1264380 |
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* Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> [251002 13:59]: >On Fri 12 Sep 2025 at 05:16pm +02, Guillem Jover wrote: > >> diff --git a/policy/ap-pkg-controlfields.rst b/policy/ap-pkg-controlfields.rst >> index d3b43b3..71a3d16 100644 >> --- a/policy/ap-pkg-controlfields.rst >> +++ b/policy/ap-pkg-controlfields.rst >> @@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ Policy manual. >> >> .. _s-pkg-f-Filename: >> >> -``Filename`` and ``MSDOS-Filename`` >> +``Filename`` >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> -These fields in ``Packages`` files give the filename(s) of (the parts >> +This field in ``Packages`` files give the filename(s) of (the parts >> of) a package in the distribution directories, relative to the root of >> the Debian hierarchy. If the package has been split into several parts >> the parts are all listed in order, separated by spaces. Seconded. Chris
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| From | Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> |
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| Date | 2025-10-02 15:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <LBr4B-2c0k-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #1261124 |
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 05:16:39PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > -``Filename`` and ``MSDOS-Filename`` > +``Filename`` > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -These fields in ``Packages`` files give the filename(s) of (the parts > +This field in ``Packages`` files give the filename(s) of (the parts > of) a package in the distribution directories, relative to the root of > the Debian hierarchy. If the package has been split into several parts > the parts are all listed in order, separated by spaces. seconded as well & thanks! -- cheers, Holger ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ holger@(debian|reproducible-builds|layer-acht).org ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ OpenPGP: B8BF54137B09D35CF026FE9D 091AB856069AAA1C ⠈⠳⣄ If nothing saves us from death, may love at least save us from life.
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