** The checklist
+*** 3.8.4.0
+:PROPERTIES:
+:CUSTOM_ID: v3.8.4.0
+:END:
+#<<v3.8.4.0>>
+
+Released Jan 2010.
+
++ *9.1.1* : An FHS exception has been granted for multiarch libraries.
+ Permitting files to instead be installed to ~/lib/triplet~ and
+ ~/usr/lib/triplet~ directories.
++ *10.6* : Explicitly state that packages may not contain named pipes and
+ should instead create them in postinst and remove them in prerm or postrm.
++ *9.1.1* : ~/sys~ and ~/selinux~ directories are explicitly allowed as an
+ exception to the FHS.
+
*** 3.8.3.0
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v3.8.3.0
:END:
#<<v3.8.3.0>>
- Released Aug, 2009.
+Released Aug 2009.
+
+ *4.9* : Add DEB\_*\_ARCH\_CPU and DEB\_*\_ARCH\_OS variables and
recommend them over GNU-style variables for that information.
+ *5.6.8*: Source package Architecture fields may contain /all/ in
combination with other architectures. Clarify when /all/ and /any/
may be used in different versions of the field.
+ *5.6.14* : The Debian archive software does not support uploading
- to multiple distributions with one \*.changes file.
+ to multiple distributions with one ~*.changes~ file.
+ *5.6.19* : The Binary field may span multiple lines.
+ *10.2* : Remove the permission for shared library packages to
install libraries in a non-standard location and modify ld.so.conf.
or packages using them should be built with RPATH.
+ *11.8.7* : Clarify installation directories for X programs and
remove the requirement to pre-depend on x11-common before installing
- into /usr/include/X11 and /usr/lib/X11.
+ into ~/usr/include/X11~ and ~/usr/lib/X11~.
+ *12.1* : Remove the requirement that all characters in a manual
page be representable in the legacy encoding for that language.
+ *12.1* : Localized man pages should either be kept up-to-date with
+ *5.6.1*: The requirements for source package names are now explicitly
spelled out.
+ *9.1*: Legacy XFree86 servers no longer get a special exception from the
- FHS permitting /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.
+ FHS permitting ~/etc/X11/XF86Config-4~.
+ *9.1.3*: Removed obsolete dependency requirements for packages that use
- /var/mail.
+ ~/var/mail~.
+ *11.8.5*: Speedo fonts are now deprecated. The X backend was disabled
starting in lenny.
+ *12.5*: The GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 is included in
+ *4.9.1*: New nocheck option for DEB\_BUILD\_OPTIONS indicating any build-time
test suite provided by the package should not be run.
+ *5.1*: All control files must be encoded in UTF-8.
-+ *5.2*: debian/control allows comment lines starting with # with no
++ *5.2*: ~debian/control~ allows comment lines starting with # with no
preceding whitespace.
+ *9.3*: Init scripts ending in .sh are not handled specially. They are not
- sourced and are not guaranteed to be run by /bin/sh regardless of
+ sourced and are not guaranteed to be run by ~/bin/sh~ regardless of
the #! line. This brings Policy in line with the long-standing
behavior of the init system in Debian.
+ *9.3.2*: The start action of an init script must exit successfully and not
start the daemon again if it's already running.
-+ *9.3.2*: /var/run and /var/lock may be mounted as temporary filesystems, and
- init scripts must therefore create any necessary subdirectories
++ *9.3.2*: ~/var/run~ and ~/var/lock~ may be mounted as temporary filesystems,
+ and init scripts must therefore create any necessary subdirectories
dynamically.
-+ *10.4*: /bin/sh scripts may assume that local can take multiple variable
++ *10.4*: ~/bin/sh~ scripts may assume that local can take multiple variable
arguments and supports assignment.
+ *11.6*: User mailboxes may be mode 600 and owned by the user rather than
mode 660, owned by user, and group mail.
used that way.
+ *4.14*: If dpkg-source -x doesn't produce source ready for editing and
building with dpkg-buildpackage, packages should include a
- debian/README.source file explaining how to generate the patched
+ ~debian/README.source~ file explaining how to generate the patched
source, add a new modification, and remove an existing
modification. This file may also be used to document packaging a
new upstream release and any other complexity of the Debian build
process.
-+ *5.6.3*: The Uploaders field in debian/control may be wrapped.
++ *5.6.3*: The Uploaders field in ~debian/control~ may be wrapped.
+ *5.6.12*: An empty Debian revision is equivalent to a Debian revision of 0 in
a version number.
+ *5.6.23*: New Homepage field for upstream web sites.
separate package, or into the -dev package. Suggest -tools instead
of -runtime for runtime support programs, since that naming is more
common in Debian.
-+ *9.5*: Files in /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly} must be
++ *9.5*: Files in ~/etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}~ must be
configuration files (upgraded from should). Mention the hourly
directory.
-+ *11.8.6*: Packages providing /etc/X11/Xresources files need not conflict with
- xbase (<< 3.3.2.3a-2), which is long-obsolete.
++ *11.8.6*: Packages providing ~/etc/X11/Xresources~ files need not conflict
+ with xbase (<< 3.3.2.3a-2), which is long-obsolete.
+ *12.1*: Manual pages in locale-specific directories should use either the
legacy encoding for that directory or UTF-8. Country names should
not be included in locale-specific manual page directories unless
legacy encoding for a locale even if the man page is encoded in
UTF-8.
+ *12.5*: The Apache 2.0 license is now in common-licenses and should be
- referenced rather than quoted in debian/copyright.
+ referenced rather than quoted in ~debian/copyright~.
+ *12.5*: Packages in contrib and non-free should state in the copyright file
that the package is not part of Debian GNU/Linux and briefly
explain why.
+ *5.6.12*: Package version numbers may contain tildes, which sort before
anything, even the end of a part.
-+ *10.4*: Scripts may assume that /bin/sh supports local (at a basic level)
++ *10.4*: Scripts may assume that ~/bin/sh~ supports local (at a basic level)
and that its test builtin (if any) supports -a and -o binary
logical operators.
+ *8.5*: The substitution variable ${binary:Version} should be used in place
specification must allow for translation of their messages by using
a gettext-based system such as po-debconf.
+ *12.5*: GFDL 1.2, GPL 3, and LGPL 3 are now in common-licenses and should
- be referenced rather than quoted in debian/copyright.
+ be referenced rather than quoted in ~debian/copyright~.
*** 3.7.2.2
:PROPERTIES:
consensus, and documenting it in README.Debian constitute most
of the process.
+ *11.8.7*: Packages should install any relevant files into the directories
- /usr/include/X11/and /usr/lib/X11/, but if they do so, they
+ ~/usr/include/X11/~ and ~/usr/lib/X11/~, but if they do so, they
must pre-depend on x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0)
*** 3.7.0.0
Released Apr 2006.
+ *11.5*: Packages shipping web server CGI files are expected to install
- them in /usr/lib/cgi-lib/ directories. This location change
+ them in ~/usr/lib/cgi-lib/~ directories. This location change
perhaps should be documented in NEWS
+ *11.5*: Web server packages should include a standard scriptAlias of
- cgi-lib to /usr/lib/cgi-lib.
+ cgi-lib to ~/usr/lib/cgi-lib~.
+ *9.1.1*: The version of FHS mandated by policy has been upped to
2.3. There should be no changes required for most packages,
- though new top level directories /media, /srv, etc may be of
+ though new top level directories ~/media~, ~/srv~, etc may be of
interest.
+ *5.1, 5.6.3*: All fields, apart from the Uploaders field, in the control file
are supposed to be a single logical line, which may be spread
+ *9.3.3.2*: packages that invoke initscripts now must use invoke-rc.d to do
so since it also pays attention to run levels and other local
constraints.
-+ *11.8.5.2, 11.8.7, etc*: We no longer use /usr/X11R6, since we have
++ *11.8.5.2, 11.8.7, etc*: We no longer use ~/usr/X11R6~, since we have
migrated away to using Xorg paths. This means, for one thing, fonts
- live in /usr/share/fonts/X11/ now, and /usr/X11R6 is gone.
+ live in ~/usr/share/fonts/X11/~ now, and ~/usr/X11R6~ is gone.
*** 3.6.2.0
+ Recommend. doc-base, and not menu, for registering package documentation.
+ *8.1*: Run time support programs should live in subdirectories of
- /usr/lib/ or /usr/share, and preferably the shared lib is named
+ ~/usr/lib/~ or ~/usr/share~, and preferably the shared lib is named
the same as the package name (to avoid name collisions).
-+ *11.5*: It is recommended that HTTP servers provide an alias /images to
++ *11.5*: It is recommended that HTTP servers provide an alias ~/images~ to
allow packages to share image files with the web server
*** 3.6.1.0
+ *9.3.2*: When asked to restart a service that isn't already running,
the init script should start the service.
+ *12.6*: If the purpose of a package is to provide examples, then the
- example files can be installed into =/usr/share/doc/package= (rather
- than =/usr/share/doc/package/examples=).
+ example files can be installed into ~/usr/share/doc/package~ (rather
+ than ~/usr/share/doc/package/examples~).
*** 3.5.8.0
:PROPERTIES:
special Tasks: field in the control file.
+ *11.8.4*: window managers that support netwm can now add 20 points when
they add themselves as an alternative for
- /usr/bin/x-window-manager
+ ~/usr/bin/x-window-manager~
+ *10.1*: The default compilation options have now changed, one should
provide debugging symbols in all cases, and optionally step
back optimization to -O0, depending on the DEB\_BUILD\_OPTIONS
+ *2.5*: Emacs and TeX are no longer mandated by policy to be priority
standard packages
-+ *11.5*: Programs that access docs need to do so via /usr/share/doc, and
- not via /usr/doc/ as was the policy previously
-+ *12.3*: Putting documentation in /usr/doc versus /usr/share/doc is now
++ *11.5*: Programs that access docs need to do so via ~/usr/share/doc~, and
+ not via ~/usr/doc/~ as was the policy previously
++ *12.3*: Putting documentation in ~/usr/doc~ versus ~/usr/share/doc~ is now
a ``serious'' policy violation.
+ *11.5*: For web servers, one should not provide non-local access to the
- /usr/share/doc hierarchy. If one can't provide access controls for
+ ~/usr/share/doc~ hierarchy. If one can't provide access controls for
the http://localhost/doc/ directory, then it is preferred that one
ask permission to expose that information during the install.
+ *7*: There are new rules for build-indep/build-arch targets and
* *11.8.3*: Rules for defining x-terminal-emulator improved
* *11.8.5*: X Font policy rewritten: you must read this if you provide
fonts for the X Window System
- * *11.8.6*: Packages must not ship /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/
+ * *11.8.6*: Packages must not ship ~/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/~
* *11.8.7*: X-related packages should usually use the regular FHS
locations; imake-using packages are exempted from this
* *11.8.8*: OpenMotif linked binaries have the same rules as
Released Apr 2001.
-+ *11.6*: The system-wide mail directory is now /var/mail, no longer
- /var/spool/mail. Any packages accessing the mail spool should
- access it via /var/mail and include a suitable Depends field;
++ *11.6*: The system-wide mail directory is now ~/var/mail~, no longer
+ ~/var/spool/mail~. Any packages accessing the mail spool should
+ access it via ~/var/mail~ and include a suitable Depends field;
details in
+ *11.9; perl-policy*: The perl policy is now part of Debian policy
proper. Perl programs and modules should follow the current Perl
+ *7.1*: Build-Depends arch syntax has been changed to be less
ambiguous. This should not affect any current packages
+ *10.7.3*: Examples and templates files for use by scripts should now live
- in /usr/share/<package> or /usr/lib/<package>, with
- symbolic links from /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples as
+ in ~/usr/share/<package>~ or ~/usr/lib/<package>~, with
+ symbolic links from ~/usr/share/doc/<package>/examples~ as
needed
*** 3.5.2.0
Released Feb 2001.
+ *11.8.6*: X app-defaults directory has moved from
- /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults to /etc/X11/app-defaults
+ ~/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults~ to ~/etc/X11/app-defaults~
*** 3.5.1.0
:PROPERTIES:
Released Jan 2001.
-+ Daemon startup scripts in /etc/init.d/ should not contain
++ *9.3.2*: Daemon startup scripts in ~/etc/init.d/~ should not contain
modifiable parameters; these should be moved to a file in
- /etc/default/; see *9.3.2] for details
-+ *12.3*: Files in /usr/share/doc must not be referenced by any
+ ~/etc/default/~
++ *12.3*: Files in ~/usr/share/doc~ must not be referenced by any
program. If such files are needed, they must be placed in
- /usr/share/<package>/, and symbolic links created as required
- in /usr/share/doc/<package>/
+ ~/usr/share/<package>/~, and symbolic links created as required
+ in ~/usr/share/doc/<package>/~
+ Much of the packaging manual has now been imported into the
policy document
- *11.8.2*: X server (virtual package xserver)
- *11.8.3*: X terminal emulator (virtual package x-terminal-emulator)
- *11.8.4*: X window manager (virtual package x-window-manager, and
- /usr/bin/x-window-manager alternative, with priority
+ ~/usr/bin/x-window-manager~ alternative, with priority
calculation guidelines)
- *12.8.5*: X fonts (this section has been written from scratch)
- *11.8.6*: X application defaults
+ *11.8.7*: Policy for packages using the X Window System and FHS issues
- has been clarified; see
+ has been clarified
+ *11.7.3*: No package may contain or make hard links to conffiles
+ *8*: Noted that newer dpkg versions do not require extreme care in
always creating the shared lib before the symlink, so the unpack
Released Oct 1999.
-+ /usr/doc/<package> has to be a symlink pointing to
- /usr/share/doc/<package>, to be maintained by postinst
++ ~/usr/doc/<package>~ has to be a symlink pointing to
+ ~/usr/share/doc/<package>~, to be maintained by postinst
and prerm scripts. Details are in *defunct*
+ *7.1, 7.6*: Introduced source dependencies (Build-Depends, etc.)
-+ *9.3.4*: /etc/rc.boot has been deprecated in favour of /etc/rcS.d.
++ *9.3.4*: ~/etc/rc.boot~ has been deprecated in favour of ~/etc/rcS.d~.
(Packages should not be touching this directory, but should use
update-rc.d instead)
+ *9.3.3*: update-rc.d is now the *only* allowable way of accessing the
- /etc/rc?.d/*SK]??* links. Any scripts which manipulate them
+ ~/etc/rc?.d/[SK]??*~ links. Any scripts which manipulate them
directly must be changed to use update-rc.d instead. (This is
because the file-rc package handles this information in an
incompatible way.)
-+ *12.7*: Architecture-specific examples go in /usr/lib/<package>/examples
- with symlinks from /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples/* or from
- /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples itself
-+ *9.1.1*: Updated FHS to a 2.1 draft; this reverts /var/state to
- /var/lib
++ *12.7*: Architecture-specific examples go in ~/usr/lib/<package>/examples~
+ with symlinks from ~/usr/share/doc/<package>/examples/*~ or from
+ ~/usr/share/doc/<package>/examples~ itself
++ *9.1.1*: Updated FHS to a 2.1 draft; this reverts ~/var/state~ to
+ ~/var/lib~
+ *9.7; mime-policy*: Added MIME sub-policy document
+ *12.4*: VISUAL is allowed as a (higher priority) alternative to EDITOR
+ *11.6*: Modified liblockfile description, which affects
+ *4.1*: Only 3 digits of the Standards version need be included in
control files, though all four digits are still permitted.
+ *12.6*: The location of the GPL has changed to
- /usr/share/common-licenses. This may require changing the
+ ~/usr/share/common-licenses~. This may require changing the
copyright files to point to the correct location of the GPL and
other major licenses
+ *10.2*: Packages that use libtool to create shared libraries must
include the .la files in the -dev packages
+ *10.8*: Use logrotate to rotate log files
-+ *now 11.8*: section 5.8 has been rewritten (Programs for the X Window
++ *11.8*: section 5.8 (now 11.8) has been rewritten (Programs for the X Window
System)
+ *9.6; menu-policy*: There is now an associated menu policy, in a separate document,
that carries the full weight of Debian policy
-+ *11.3*: Programs which need to modify the files /var/run/utmp,
- /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/lastlog must be installed setgid utmp
++ *11.3*: Programs which need to modify the files ~/var/run/utmp~,
+ ~/var/log/wtmp~ and ~/var/log/lastlog~ must be installed setgid utmp
*Please note that section numbers below this point may not be up to date*
Section 5 after 5.5 were moved down to fill in the number
gap.
+ Modified the section about changelog files to accommodate
- upstream changelogs which were formatted as HTML/ These
+ upstream changelogs which were formatted as HTML. These
upstream changelog files should now be accessible as
- /usr/doc/package/changelog.html.gz
+ ~/usr/doc/package/changelog.html.gz~
+ Symlinks are permissible to link the real, or upstream,
changelog name to the Debian mandated name.
+ Clarified that HTML documentation should be present in some
package, though not necessarily the main binary package.
+ Corrected all references to the location of the copyright
- files. The correct location is /usr/doc/package/copyright
+ files. The correct location is ~/usr/doc/package/copyright~
+ Ratified the architecture specification strings to cater to the
HURD.
(cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
+ Updated section 4.9 Games:
- + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
+ + manpages for games should be installed in ~/usr/man/man6~
(cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
**** Packaging Manual:
Released Jan 1998
+ Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
- + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
- + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
+ + ~/bin/sh~ may be any POSIX compatible shell
+ + scripts including bashisms have to specify ~/bin/bash~ as
interpreter
+ scripts which create files in world-writable directories
- (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
+ (e.g., in ~/tmp~) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
the directory
+ Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
file extension as the referenced file
+ Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
- + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
+ + ~/dev/tty*~ serial devices should be used instead of ~/dev/cu*~
-+ Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts in /etc/init.d:
- + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
++ Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts in ~/etc/init.d~:
+ + all ~/etc/init.d~ scripts have to provide the following options:
start, stop, restart, force-reload
+ the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
the service
+ Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
+ cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
- be installed into /etc/cron.d
+ be installed into ~/etc/cron.d~
+ Updated section 3.7 Menus:
+ removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
reasonable default configuration
+ New section 4.6 News system configuration:
- + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
+ + ~/etc/news/organization~ and ~/etc/news/server~ should be supported
by all news servers and clients
+ Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Window System:
against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
+ Updated section 4.9 Games:
- + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
+ + games for X Windows have to be installed in ~/usr/games~, just as
non-X games
*** 2.3.0.1, 2.3.0.0
Released Sep 1997.
+ new section `4.2 Daemons' including rules for
- /etc/services, /etc/protocols, /etc/rpc, and /etc/inetd.conf
+ ~/etc/services~, ~/etc/protocols~, ~/etc/rpc~, and ~/etc/inetd.conf~
+ updated section about `Configuration files':
packages may not touch other packages' configuration files
where <arch> is one of the following:
i386, alpha, arm, m68k, powerpc, sparc.
-+ detailed rules for /usr/local
++ detailed rules for ~/usr/local~
+ user ID's
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