to <prgn>dpkg-divert</prgn> when creating or removing diversions and
must not use <tt>--local</tt>.
</item>
+<tag>4.10</tag>
+ <item>Only <prgn>dpkg-gencontrol</prgn> supports variable substitution.
+ <prgn>dpkg-genchanges</prgn> (for <file>*.changes</file>)
+ and <prgn>dpkg-source</prgn> (for <file>*.dsc</file>) do not.
+ </item>
<tag>7.1</tag>
<item>Architecture restrictions and wildcards are also allowed in binary
package relationships provided that the binary package is not
there are file conflicts or one package breaks the other, not just
because two packages provide similar functionality but don't interfere.
</item>
+<tag>8.1</tag>
+ <item>The SONAME of a library should change whenever the ABI of the
+ library changes in a way that isn't backward-compatible. It should not
+ change if the library ABI changes are backward-compatible. Discourage
+ bundling shared libraries together in one package.
+ </item>
+<tag>8.4</tag>
+ <item>Ada Library Information (<file>*.ali</file>) files must be
+ installed read-only.
+ </item>
<tag>8.6.1, 8.6.2, 8.6.5</tag>
<item>Packages should normally not include a <file>shlibs.local</file>
file since we now have complete <file>shlibs</file> coverage.
that libraries should be built with threading support and to be
thread-safe if the library supports this.
</item>
+<tag>10.4</tag>
+ <item><file>/bin/sh</file> scripts may assume that <prgn>kill</prgn>
+ supports an argument of <tt>-<var>signal</var></tt>,
+ that <prgn>kill</prgn> and <prgn>trap</prgn> support the numeric signals
+ listed in the XSI extension, and that signal 13 (SIGPIPE) can be trapped
+ with <prgn>trap</prgn>.
+ </item>
+<tag>10.8</tag>
+ <item>Recommend <file>/etc/logrotate.d/<var>package</var></file> for
+ logrotate rules.
+ </item>
+<tag>10.9</tag>
+ <item>Control information files should be owned by <tt>root:root</tt>
+ and either mode 644 or mode 755.
+ </item>
+<tag>11.4, 11.8.3, 11.8.4</tag>
+ <item>Packages providing alternatives for <prgn>editor</prgn>,
+ <prgn>pager</prgn>, <prgn>x-terminal-emulator</prgn>, or
+ <prgn>x-window-manager</prgn> should also provide a slave alternative
+ for the corresponding manual page.
+ </item>
<tag>11.5</tag>
<item>Cgi-bin executable files may be installed in subdirectories
of <file>/usr/lib/cgi-bin</file> and web servers should serve out