-debian-policy (3.8.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+debian-policy (3.8.2.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
+ warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
+
+debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
[ Russ Allbery ]
* Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
* Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
+ Closes: #533257
* Policy: State requirements for source package names
Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Closes: #525151
* Add myself to Uploaders.
- -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:45:46 -0700
+ [ Bill Allombert ]
+ * Add myself to Uploaders.
+ * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
+ * debian/rules:
+ - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
+ `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
+ - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
+
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
Section: doc
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
-Uploaders: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>, Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
-Standards-Version: 3.8.0
+Uploaders: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>, Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>, Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+Standards-Version: 3.8.1
Build-Depends-Indep: sgml-data (>= 2.0), debiandoc-sgml (>= 1.1.47), texlive, texlive-latex-extra, groff, bsdmainutils, pstoedit, jade, docbook-xml (>= 3.1.1), docbook-dsssl, tidy, links (>= 0.90) | elinks
Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=dbnpolicy/policy.git
Vcs-Git: git://git.debian.org/git/dbnpolicy/policy.git
export DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture $(ha) -qDEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM)
export DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture $(ha) -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
-arch := $(shell dpkg --print-installation-architecture)
+arch := $(shell dpkg --print-architecture)
# Basic information
package := $(shell grep Source debian/control | sed 's/^Source: //')
$(install_file) $(FHS_HTML) $(DOCDIR)/fhs
@set -ex; \
cd debian/tmp; \
- find . -type f -printf '%P\0' | xargs -r0 md5sum > DEBIAN/md5sums
+ find . -path "./DEBIAN" -prune -o -type f -printf '%P\0' \
+ | xargs -r0 md5sum > DEBIAN/md5sums
dpkg-gencontrol -p$(package) -Pdebian/tmp -isp
chown -R root:root debian/tmp
chmod -R go=rX debian/tmp
<sect id="breaks">
<heading>Packages which break other packages - <tt>Breaks</tt></heading>
- <p>
- Using <tt>Breaks</tt> may cause problems for upgrades from older
- versions of Debian and should not be used until the stable
- release of Debian supports <tt>Breaks</tt>.
- </p>
-
<p>
When one binary package declares that it breaks another,
<prgn>dpkg</prgn> will refuse to allow the package which
<prgn>dpkg</prgn> from upgrading or installing the package
which declared such a conflict until the upgrade or removal
of the conflicted-with package had been completed. Instead,
- <tt>Breaks</tt> may be used (once <tt>Breaks</tt> is supported
- by the stable release of Debian).
+ <tt>Breaks</tt> may be used.
</p>
</sect>
<h2>The checklist</h2>
<pre>
-3.8.2.0 unreleased
+3.8.2.0 Jun 2009
* The list of archive sections has been significantly expanded. See
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2009/03/msg00010.html
* All packages must use debconf or equivalent for user prompting,
though essential packages or their dependencies may also fall
back on other methods. [3.9.1]
+ * The requirements for source package names are now explicitly
+ spelled out. [5.6.1]
* Legacy XFree86 servers no longer get a special exception from the
FHS permitting /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. [9.1]
* Removed obsolete dependency requirements for packages that use
starting in lenny. [11.8.5]
* The GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 is included in
common-licenses and should be referenced from there. [12.5]
- * The requirements for source package names are now explicitly
- spelled out. [5.6.1]
3.8.1.0 Mar 2009