All copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8

[debian/debian-policy.git] / policy.sgml

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 53b78b0d349fa4c4707df1b3eaebc8310bfb5631..4fd60d909ecebd4653601bd57fefe098a5cbe656 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -7980,9 +7980,10 @@ fname () {
          as its interpreter.  Checking your script
          with <prgn>checkbashisms</prgn> from
          the <package>devscripts</package> package or running your script
-         with <prgn>posh</prgn> may help uncover violations of the above
-         requirements.  If in doubt whether a script complies with these
-         requirements, use <file>/bin/bash</file>.
+         with an alternate shell such as <prgn>posh</prgn> may help
+         uncover violations of the above requirements.  If in doubt
+         whether a script complies with these requirements,
+         use <file>/bin/bash</file>.
        </p>
 
        <p>
@@ -9935,6 +9936,10 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
          <file>README.Debian</file> or some other appropriate place.
        </p>
 
+       <p>
+         All copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8.
+       </p>
+
        <sect1 id="copyrightformat">
          <heading>Machine-readable copyright information</heading>