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authorGuillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>2016-10-17 03:45:37 +0200
committerGuillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>2016-10-30 04:43:27 +0100
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diff --git a/man/deb-src-control.man b/man/deb-src-control.man
index 8a8326d80..cf063b9da 100644
--- a/man/deb-src-control.man
+++ b/man/deb-src-control.man
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ deb\-src\-control \- Debian source packages' master control file format
debian/control
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
-Each Debian source package contains the master \(Focontrol\(Fc file,
+Each Debian source package contains the master «control» file,
which contains at least 2 paragraphs, separated by a blank line.
The first paragraph lists
all information about the source package in general, while each following
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ the
.B Description
field, see below). To insert empty lines into a multi-line
field, insert a dot after the space.
-Lines starting with a \(oq\fB#\fP\(cq are treated as comments.
+Lines starting with a ‘\fB#\fP’ are treated as comments.
.
.SH SOURCE FIELDS
.TP
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ long and must start with an alphanumeric character.
.TP
.BR Maintainer: " \fIfullname-email\fP (recommended)"
-Should be in the format \(FoJoe Bloggs <jbloggs@foo.com>\(Fc, and references the
+Should be in the format «Joe Bloggs <jbloggs@foo.com>», and references the
person who currently maintains the package, as opposed to the author of the
software or the original packager.
@@ -185,13 +185,13 @@ The syntax of the
and
.B Build\-Depends\-Indep
fields is a list of groups of alternative packages.
-Each group is a list of packages separated by vertical bar (or \(lqpipe\(rq)
-symbols, \(oq\fB|\fP\(cq.
+Each group is a list of packages separated by vertical bar (or “pipe”)
+symbols, ‘\fB|\fP’.
The groups are separated by commas.
-Commas are to be read as \(lqAND\(rq, and pipes as \(lqOR\(rq, with pipes
+Commas are to be read as “AND”, and pipes as “OR”, with pipes
binding more tightly.
Each package name is optionally followed by an architecture qualifier
-appended after a colon \(oq\fB:\fP\(cq,
+appended after a colon ‘\fB:\fP’,
optionally followed by a version number specification in parentheses, an
architecture specification in square brackets, and a restriction formula
consisting of one or more lists of profile names in angle brackets.
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ The syntax of the
and
.B Build\-Conflicts\-Indep
fields is a list of comma-separated package names, where the comma is read
-as an \(lqAND\(rq.
-Specifying alternative packages using a \(lqpipe\(rq is not supported.
+as an “AND”.
+Specifying alternative packages using a “pipe” is not supported.
Each package name is optionally followed by a version number specification in
parentheses, an architecture specification in square brackets, and a
restriction formula consisting of one or more lists of profile names in
@@ -220,22 +220,22 @@ name if the package is marked with \fBMulti\-Arch: allowed\fP, and
\fBnative\fP will match the current build architecture if the package
is not marked with \fBMulti\-Arch: foreign\fP.
-A version number may start with a \(oq\fB>>\fP\(cq, in which case any
+A version number may start with a ‘\fB>>\fP’, in which case any
later version will match, and may specify or omit the Debian packaging
revision (separated by a hyphen).
-Accepted version relationships are \(oq\fB>>\fP\(cq for greater than,
-\(oq\fB<<\fP\(cq for less than, \(oq\fB>=\fP\(cq for greater than or
-equal to, \(oq\fB<=\fP\(cq for less than or equal to, and \(oq\fB=\fP\(cq
+Accepted version relationships are ‘\fB>>\fP’ for greater than,
+‘\fB<<\fP’ for less than, ‘\fB>=\fP’ for greater than or
+equal to, ‘\fB<=\fP’ for less than or equal to, and ‘\fB=\fP’
for equal to.
An architecture specification consists of one or more architecture names,
separated by whitespace. Exclamation marks may be prepended to each of the
-names, meaning \(lqNOT\(rq.
+names, meaning “NOT”.
A restriction formula consists of one or more restriction lists, separated
by whitespace. Each restriction list is enclosed in angle brackets. Items
in the restriction list are build profile names, separated by whitespace
-and can be prefixed with an exclamation mark, meaning \(lqNOT\(rq.
+and can be prefixed with an exclamation mark, meaning “NOT”.
A restriction formula represents a disjunctive normal form expression.
Note that dependencies on packages in the