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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -129,6 +129,19 @@ In this example the value of the description field spans multiple lines::
129129 description: This is a long description for a software component that spans
130130 multiple lines with arbitrary line breaks.
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132+ Alternatively, multiple-line strings can be written either as a 'literal block'
133+ (using |), or a 'folded block' (using '>').
134+
135+ description: >
136+ This is a long description for a software component that spans
137+ multiple lines with arbitrary line breaks.
138+
139+ or
140+
141+ description: |
142+ This is a long description for a software component that spans
143+ multiple lines with arbitrary line breaks.
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133146Fields are mandatory or optional
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184197with field values contained directly in an ABOUT file that must be US-ASCII-
185198encoded text and allows to support non-ASCII text content.
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187- When an ABOUT file contains both a field name and a _file-suffixed field for the
188- same field name, both fields must be treated as multiple occurrences of the same
189- field name. This must be interpreted such that only the last occurrence is
190- considered as the value for this field name.
191-
192200For example, the full license text for a component is often stored in a separate
193201file named COPYING::
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