X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=policy.sgml;h=b3c5886131b975c4ab1862746487e5de52d552a7;hb=553df2870d5e89b413ac7f469a79c811a1b89a29;hp=6ae5474e01a53cb214f70e91a56ccb82591a4c93;hpb=bf7f644adeee7880cce4845867dff8f6496fd522;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 6ae5474..b3c5886 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. +

@@ -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 @@ -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.

@@ -9913,7 +9921,27 @@ 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. +

+