Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an

Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/03/21 16:11:16
Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
extention to an informative footnote.  closes: Bug#165063

git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-203

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f86d46374b5b931a5e7f43e282d8df2bc7092e8d..475c73c35f4301be3ed264fba094c396c49534ff 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 debian-policy (3.5.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
-
+  Josip:
   * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
     closes: #182792.
+  Manoj
+  * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
+    extention to an informative footnote.                    closes: Bug#165063
 
  -- 
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 6de4983c2082f89c5afd3a2a91f6284c53cd1d91..a52a83ca46d471ae9f90a5dea76320d9021cc382 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -7071,7 +7071,10 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
                      "view" in a multiple-document interface (MDI).
                    </p>
                  </footnote>
-                 and runs the specified <var>command</var>.
+                 and runs the specified <var>command</var>,
+                 interpreting the entirity of the rest of the command
+                 line as a command to pass straight to exec, in the 
+                 manner that <tt>xterm</tt> does.
                </p></item>
 
              <item><p>