Comment 4 for bug 656633
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| Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote Re: Some manually created packages contain thounds commas in the size and break installation | #4 |
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(Get the code!)
These packages are in violation of Debian policy:
5.6.20. `Installed-Size'
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This field appears in the control files of binary packages, and in the
`Packages' files. It gives an estimate of the total amount of disk
space required to install the named package. Actual installed size
may vary based on block size, file system properties, or actions taken
by package maintainer scripts.
The disk space is given as the integer value of the estimated
installed size in bytes, divided by 1024 and rounded up.
Ubuntu policy currently has a different wording currently, but I would expect it to be in sync in the next release.
Is it really warranted to do an SRU for compatibility with non-conformant packages?