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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.
+
+