X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=policy.sgml;h=0121da51069c18300781f282e9440ebc46b88f55;hb=e18112ef9344084f6d050df6073468f7daf1606f;hp=6ae5474e01a53cb214f70e91a56ccb82591a4c93;hpb=bf7f644adeee7880cce4845867dff8f6496fd522;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 6ae5474..0121da5 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -279,6 +279,14 @@ .

+ +

+ Finally, a specification for + machine-readable copyright files is maintained as part of + the debian-policy package using the same + procedure as the other policy documents. Use of this format is + optional. +

@@ -2696,7 +2704,7 @@ Package: libc6

This file consists of a single paragraph, possibly surrounded by a PGP signature. The fields of that paragraph are listed below. - Their syntax is described above, in . + Their syntax is described above, in . Format (mandatory) @@ -4628,7 +4636,7 @@ Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.1), exim | mail-transport-agent Relationships may be restricted to a certain set of architectures. This is indicated in brackets after each individual package name and the optional version specification. - The brackets enclose a list of Debian architecture names + The brackets enclose a non-empty list of Debian architecture names in the format described in , separated by whitespace. Exclamation marks may be prepended to each of the names. (It is not permitted for some names to be @@ -6161,11 +6169,11 @@ install -m644 debian/shlibs.package debian/package/DEBIAN/ File System Structure

- The location of all installed files and directories must - comply with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), - version 2.3, with the exceptions noted below, and except - where doing so would violate other terms of Debian - Policy. The following exceptions to the FHS apply: + The location of all files and directories must comply with the + Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), version 2.3, with the + exceptions noted below, and except where doing so would + violate other terms of Debian Policy. The following + exceptions to the FHS apply: @@ -6425,7 +6433,7 @@ rmdir /usr/local/share/emacs 2>/dev/null || true

Packages must not include files or directories under /run, or under the - older /var/run and /var/lock paths. + older /var/run and /var/lock paths. The latter paths will normally be symlinks or other redirections to /run for backwards compatibility.

@@ -7960,10 +7968,12 @@ fname () {

You may wish to restrict your script to SUSv3 features plus the above set when possible so that it may use /bin/sh - as its interpreter. If your script works with dash - (originally called ash), it probably complies with - the above requirements, but if you are in doubt, use - /bin/bash. + as its interpreter. Checking your script + with checkbashisms from + the devscripts package or running your script + with posh may help uncover violations of the above + requirements. If in doubt whether a script complies with these + requirements, use /bin/bash.

@@ -9913,7 +9923,27 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY You should not use the copyright file as a general README file. If your package has such a file it should be installed in /usr/share/doc/package/README or - README.Debian or some other appropriate place.

+ README.Debian or some other appropriate place. +

+ + + Machine-readable copyright information + +

+ A specification for a standard, machine-readable format + for debian/copyright files is maintained as part + of the debian-policy package. This + document may be found in the copyright-format + files in the debian-policy package. It is + also available from the Debian web mirrors at + . +

+ +

+ Use of this format is optional. +

+