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<b>10.7.3</b>: Examples and templates files for use by scripts should now live
-in /usr/share/&lt;package&gt; or /usr/lib/&lt;package&gt;, with
-symbolic links from /usr/share/doc/&lt;package&gt;/examples as
+in /usr/share/<package> or /usr/lib/<package>, with
+symbolic links from /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples as
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modifiable parameters; these should be moved to a file in
<i>etc/default</i>; see <b>9.3.2] for details + *12.3</b>: Files in /usr/share/doc must not be referenced by any
program. If such files are needed, they must be placed in
-<i>usr/share/&lt;package&gt;</i>, and symbolic links created as required
-in <i>usr/share/doc/&lt;package&gt;</i>
+<i>usr/share/<package></i>, and symbolic links created as required
+in <i>usr/share/doc/<package></i>
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Much of the packaging manual has now been imported into the
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-/usr/doc/&lt;package&gt; has to be a symlink pointing to
-/usr/share/doc/&lt;package&gt;, to be maintained by postinst
+/usr/doc/<package> has to be a symlink pointing to
+/usr/share/doc/<package>, to be maintained by postinst
and prerm scripts. Details are in <b>defunct</b>
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incompatible way.)
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-<b>12.7</b>: Architecture-specific examples go in /usr/lib/&lt;package&gt;/examples
-with symlinks from /usr/share/doc/&lt;package&gt;/examples/* or from
-/usr/share/doc/&lt;package&gt;/examples itself
+<b>12.7</b>: Architecture-specific examples go in /usr/lib/<package>/examples
+with symlinks from /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples/* or from
+/usr/share/doc/<package>/examples itself
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<b>9.1.1</b>: Updated FHS to a 2.1 draft; this reverts /var/state to
<p class="author"> Author: Bill Allombert, Josip Rodin, Julian Gilbey, Russ Allbery, and Manoj Srivastava
<a href="mailto:srivasta@debian.org"><srivasta@debian.org></a>
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+ *7.1*: Build-Depends arch syntax has been changed to be less
ambiguous. This should not affect any current packages
+ *10.7.3*: Examples and templates files for use by scripts should now live
- in /usr/share/<package> or /usr/lib/<package>, with
- symbolic links from /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples as
+ in /usr/share/<package> or /usr/lib/<package>, with
+ symbolic links from /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples as
needed
*** 3.5.2.0
/etc/default/; see *9.3.2] for details
+ *12.3*: Files in /usr/share/doc must not be referenced by any
program. If such files are needed, they must be placed in
- /usr/share/<package>/, and symbolic links created as required
- in /usr/share/doc/<package>/
+ /usr/share/<package>/, and symbolic links created as required
+ in /usr/share/doc/<package>/
+ Much of the packaging manual has now been imported into the
policy document
Released Oct 1999.
-+ /usr/doc/<package> has to be a symlink pointing to
- /usr/share/doc/<package>, to be maintained by postinst
++ /usr/doc/<package> has to be a symlink pointing to
+ /usr/share/doc/<package>, to be maintained by postinst
and prerm scripts. Details are in *defunct*
+ *7.1, 7.6*: Introduced source dependencies (Build-Depends, etc.)
+ *9.3.4*: /etc/rc.boot has been deprecated in favour of /etc/rcS.d.
directly must be changed to use update-rc.d instead. (This is
because the file-rc package handles this information in an
incompatible way.)
-+ *12.7*: Architecture-specific examples go in /usr/lib/<package>/examples
- with symlinks from /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples/* or from
- /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples itself
++ *12.7*: Architecture-specific examples go in /usr/lib/<package>/examples
+ with symlinks from /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples/* or from
+ /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples itself
+ *9.1.1*: Updated FHS to a 2.1 draft; this reverts /var/state to
/var/lib
+ *9.7; mime-policy*: Added MIME sub-policy document
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Author: Bill Allombert, Josip Rodin, Julian Gilbey, Russ Allbery, and Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
-Date: 2010-01-25 09:30:46 PST
+Date: 2010-01-25 20:54:53 CET
About the checklist
+ *7.1*: Build-Depends arch syntax has been changed to be less
ambiguous. This should not affect any current packages
+ *10.7.3*: Examples and templates files for use by scripts should now live
- in /usr/share/<package> or /usr/lib/<package>, with
- symbolic links from /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples as
+ in /usr/share/<package> or /usr/lib/<package>, with
+ symbolic links from /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples as
needed
3.5.2.0
/etc/default/; see *9.3.2] for details
+ *12.3*: Files in /usr/share/doc must not be referenced by any
program. If such files are needed, they must be placed in
- /usr/share/<package>/, and symbolic links created as required
- in /usr/share/doc/<package>/
+ /usr/share/<package>/, and symbolic links created as required
+ in /usr/share/doc/<package>/
+ Much of the packaging manual has now been imported into the
policy document
Released Oct 1999.
-+ /usr/doc/<package> has to be a symlink pointing to
- /usr/share/doc/<package>, to be maintained by postinst
++ /usr/doc/<package> has to be a symlink pointing to
+ /usr/share/doc/<package>, to be maintained by postinst
and prerm scripts. Details are in *defunct*
+ *7.1, 7.6*: Introduced source dependencies (Build-Depends, etc.)
+ *9.3.4*: /etc/rc.boot has been deprecated in favour of /etc/rcS.d.
directly must be changed to use update-rc.d instead. (This is
because the file-rc package handles this information in an
incompatible way.)
-+ *12.7*: Architecture-specific examples go in /usr/lib/<package>/examples
- with symlinks from /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples/* or from
- /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples itself
++ *12.7*: Architecture-specific examples go in /usr/lib/<package>/examples
+ with symlinks from /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples/* or from
+ /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples itself
+ *9.1.1*: Updated FHS to a 2.1 draft; this reverts /var/state to
/var/lib
+ *9.7; mime-policy*: Added MIME sub-policy document