Merge branch 'master' into bug232448-rra

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

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 3a7047578d69259c58394df4b47dbdd1b84f4e5d..fec9c4fcf41f61832cce0a94c092062b9a2acfc3 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -8281,10 +8281,14 @@ done
 
        <p>
          These two files are managed through the <prgn>dpkg</prgn>
-         "alternatives" mechanism.  Thus every package providing an
-         editor or pager must call the
-         <prgn>update-alternatives</prgn> script to register these
-         programs.
+         "alternatives" mechanism.  Every package providing an editor or
+         pager must call the <prgn>update-alternatives</prgn> script to
+         register as an alternative for <file>/usr/bin/editor</file>
+         or <file>/usr/bin/pager</file> as appropriate.  The alternative
+         should have a slave alternative
+         for <file>/usr/share/man/man1/editor.1.gz</file>
+         or <file>/usr/share/man/man1/pager.1.gz</file> pointing to the
+         corresponding manual page.
        </p>
 
        <p>
@@ -8629,7 +8633,9 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
            package <tt>x-terminal-emulator</tt>.  They should also
            register themselves as an alternative for
            <file>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</file>, with a priority of
-           20.
+           20.  That alternative should have a slave alternative
+           for <file>/usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz</file>
+           pointing to the corresponding manual page.
          </p>
 
          <p>
@@ -8706,6 +8712,9 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
                  configuration, add 10 points; otherwise add none.
              </item>
            </list>
+           That alternative should have a slave alternative
+           for <file>/usr/share/man/man1/x-window-manager.1.gz</file>
+           pointing to the corresponding manual page.
          </p>
        </sect1>