#1149033 does not reject invalid section name

Package:
dpkg
Source:
dpkg
Description:
Debian package management system
Submitter:
Simon Richter
Date:
2026-09-26 06:53:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1149033#5
Date:
2026-09-26 06:51:37 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

rust-derivre 0.3.12-1 proudly declares in its debian/control:

    Section: FIXME-(packages."(name)".section)

which leads to a dsc file containing

    Package-List:
     derivre deb FIXME-(packages."(name)".section) optional arch=any
     librust-derivre-dev deb rust optional arch=any

I suspect that should be rejected earlier. You are in good company though,
the archive does not detect this either, and takes over the Package-List:
as a Binary tag into the Sources file -_- .

   Simon