From 2fc3ed484e8e63b827390da8747a51580ce107d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "B. Watson" <urchlay@slackware.uk>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 02:52:46 -0400
Subject: sbolint: check continuations lines in .info file.

---
 sbolint | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'sbolint')

diff --git a/sbolint b/sbolint
index c9f65bc..131380f 100755
--- a/sbolint
+++ b/sbolint
@@ -303,6 +303,20 @@ request (see the B<-u> option).
 
 =item -
 
+For DOWNLOAD, DOWNLOAD_x86_64, MD5SUM, and MD5SUM_x86_64, if there are
+multiple values (URLs or md5sums), they must appear on separate lines,
+with B<\> at the end of each line but the last.
+
+=item -
+
+For PRGNAM, VERSION, HOMEPAGE, REQUIRES, MAINTAINER, and EMAIL,
+breaking up the value across multiple lines with B<\> is not
+allowed. The only one of these that accepts multiple values is
+REQUIRES, anyway. Various scripts have been written that parse .info
+files and would break if REQUIRES were split.
+
+=item -
+
 If there is a doinst.sh script:
 
 =over 4
@@ -1107,7 +1121,21 @@ sub check_info {
 
 	my $fixable = 0;
 
-	# parse and bitch about bad syntax...
+	# pass 1: just check for continuations. keys that have multiple
+	# values *must* be broken up with \ (not all on one line with spaces).
+	for(@lines) {
+		$lineno++;
+		next unless /^(DOWNLOAD(?:_x86_64)?|MD5SUM(?:_x86_64)?)/;
+		my $k = $1;
+		if(/\s\s/) {
+			log_warning("$file:$lineno: $k has sequences of multiple spaces; collapse them into one");
+		} elsif (/\s[^\\]/) {
+			log_error("$file:$lineno: $k has multiple values and must be split into multiple lines with \\");
+		}
+	}
+
+	# pass 2: parse and bitch about bad syntax...
+	$lineno = 0;
 	for(@lines) {
 		$lineno++;
 		if($continuation) {
@@ -1117,6 +1145,9 @@ sub check_info {
 		}
 
 		if(s/\s*\\$//) {
+			if(/^(PRGNAM|VERSION|HOMEPAGE|REQUIRES|MAINTAINER|EMAIL)/) {
+				log_error("$file:$lineno: $1 may not be broken up into multiple lines with \\");
+			}
 			$continuation = $_;
 			next;
 		}
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