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Invalid regular expressions describing Debian package file naming convention

Bug #1913869 reported by Jarno Suni
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Bug Description

In chapter 2.5.8. table Table 2.16 there must not be commas in the regular expressions unless comma is a valid character in that name component. Besides if '-' is valid, it should be the last one enumerated; otherwise it is a metacharacter. Also be more specific that these are POSIX Extended Regular Expressions. The bug occurs probably in all language versions, but I provide a patch for the English one.

Same valid characters apply in Ubuntu package naming, too, right?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: debian-reference (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-65.73-generic 5.4.78
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-65-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Jan 30 12:11:42 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-12-05 (421 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
SourcePackage: debian-reference
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-07-10 (203 days ago)

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Jarno Suni (jarnos) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "patch for ch02.en.html" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

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Jarno Suni (jarnos) wrote :

BTW it is confusing that uppercase letters are allowed for package name in .deb filename, but not in the package name itself: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#source

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osamu (osamu) wrote :

I was not careful enough. This is not really tested regex (ERE). I think I need to fix it.

Also it has to be more than 2 characters

As for lower case package name, Policy is correct (and always so).

FYI: I have never seen a package name starting with - or . or + even though policy correct.

Thanks.

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osamu (osamu) wrote :

Debian package in testing 2.81 fixed this. Tomorrow, Debian testing will be 2.83.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package debian-reference - 2.85

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debian-reference (2.85) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Reorganize git.
  * Stop building epub (headache for reproducibility.)
  * Lock TZ and unlock parallel build.

 -- Osamu Aoki <email address hidden> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 18:11:56 +0900

Changed in debian-reference (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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