patch applied (cabal): rejig handling of continuation lines (fixes Cabal #118)

[Ian Lynagh]

On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 06:08:54PM +0000, Ross Paterson wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 05:29:05PM +0000, Ian Lynagh wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 08:58:54AM -0700, Ross Paterson wrote:
> > > Sun Mar 11 08:46:10 PDT 2007  Ross Paterson <ross at soi.city.ac.uk>
> > >   * rejig handling of continuation lines (fixes Cabal #118)
> > 
> > Won't this still break if you want to include . (as in -I.)?
> 
> Yes, if it's on a line by itself.  Any other ideas?

Why not only do the dot-removal on fields that need it, like
description? I'm not sure exactly what that list is; perhaps those that
the users guide describe as "freeform"?


Thanks
Ian