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# `description-contains-invalid-control-statement`

The description contains an invalid control statement.

A control statement is a line starting with a dot (.). The only control statement is defined by the policy is a single dot denoting an empty line.

The "empty-line" control statement does not permit any characters following it on the same line. Therefore, the line must consist entirely of a space followed by a dot.

Severity: | `error`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- Description (Section 5.6.13) in the Debian Policy Manual

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag