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

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index bdce2665097349a1796ead36d89afa102fc20d33..89a56138b4c7eb57c8a188e4ebe7a820ea5f5c39 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -157,17 +157,14 @@
 
        <p>
          This manual is distributed via the Debian package
-         <package>debian-policy</package>.
+         <package><url name="debian-policy" id="http://packages.debian.org/debian-policy"></package>.
        </p>
 
        <p>
          The current version of this document is also available from
          the Debian web mirrors at
          <tt><url name="/doc/debian-policy/"
-               id="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/"></tt>
-         and from the Debian archive mirrors at
-         <tt><url name="/doc/package-developer/policy.txt.gz"
-               id="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/policy.txt.gz"></tt>.
+               id="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/"></tt>.
          Also available from the same directory are several other
          formats: <file>policy.html.tar.gz</file>, <file>policy.pdf.gz</file>
          and <file>policy.ps.gz</file>.
@@ -3648,10 +3645,18 @@ Package: libc6
 
        <p>
          If there is no most recently configured version
-         <prgn>dpkg</prgn> will pass a null argument; older versions
-         of dpkg may pass <tt>&lt;unknown&gt;</tt> (including the
-         angle brackets) in this case.  Even older ones do not pass a
-         second argument at all, under any circumstances.
+         <prgn>dpkg</prgn> will pass a null argument.
+         <footnote>
+           <p>
+             Historical note: Truly ancient (pre-1997) versions of
+             <prgn>dpkg</prgn> passed <tt>&lt;unknown&gt;</tt>
+             (including the angle brackets) in this case.  Even older
+             ones did not pass a second argument at all, under any
+             circumstance.  Note that upgrades using such an old dpkg
+             version are unlikely to work for other reasons, even if
+             this old argument behavior is handled by your postinst script.
+           </p>
+         </footnote>     
        </p>
       </sect>
 
@@ -7207,7 +7212,7 @@ done
            string</em> in some place, the following format should be
            used: <var>arch</var>-<var>os</var><footnote>
              The following architectures and operating systems are
-             currently recognised by <prgn>dpkg-archictecture</prgn>.
+             currently recognised by <prgn>dpkg-architecture</prgn>.
              The architecture, <tt><var>arch</var></tt>, is one of
              the following: <tt>alpha</tt>, <tt>arm</tt>,
              <tt>hppa</tt>, <tt>i386</tt>, <tt>ia64</tt>,