Synchronized with patch 263 from Manojs tree

Synchronized with patch 263 from Manojs tree

Patches applied:

 * srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-263
   fixed the command line required to output the copyright file, closes: #75508

git-archimport-id: debian-policy@lists.debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-263

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 532fcf220ed7cf02861b39b8fe6fc8b5bd85b93f..f57cf1cd55296e55e174451edbf054ccdf41bad8 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -8674,7 +8674,7 @@ install-info --quiet --remove /usr/share/info/foobar.info
          </example>
          To view the copyright file for a package you could use this command:
          <example>
-  dpkg --fsys-tarfile <var>filename</var>.deb | tar xof usr/share/doc/<var>\*</var>copyright | less
+  dpkg --fsys-tarfile <var>filename</var>.deb | tar xO ./usr/share/doc/\*/copyright | pager
          </example>
        </p>
       </sect>