Clarified the wording in section 2.5 tragering removal of required packages.

Author: srivasta
Date: 2005/02/06 02:32:38
Clarified the wording in section 2.5 tragering removal of required packages.

git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-285

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9fdf4ad01d2ccd3ed7a32118a2b14b1d9d6a3e54..83c1f06da6736156ac1839899aa5ace37df4dab3 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
                                                               (Closes: #146023). 
   * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
     Fenski aka fEnIo                                          (Closes: #239359).
+  * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
+    thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section.             (Closes: #216104).
 
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diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 2c596c297184a80a35ec29b9ff27cee7a1c76fd6..1bec25d32f5d574bcf51ec1e8ae8731b87239bce 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -718,13 +718,15 @@
            <tag><tt>required</tt></tag>
            <item>
                Packages which are necessary for the proper
-               functioning of the system.  You must not remove these
-               packages or your system may become totally broken and
-               you may not even be able to use <prgn>dpkg</prgn> to
-               put things back.  Systems with only the
-               <tt>required</tt> packages are probably unusable, but
-               they do have enough functionality to allow the
-               sysadmin to boot and install more software.
+               functioning of the system (usually, this means that
+               dpkg functionality depends on these packages).
+               Removing an <tt>required</tt> package may cause your
+               system to become totally broken and you may not even
+               be able to use <prgn>dpkg</prgn> to put things back,
+               so only do so if you know what you are doing.  Systems
+               with only the <tt>required</tt> packages are probably
+               unusable, but they do have enough functionality to
+               allow the sysadmin to boot and install more software.
            </item>
            <tag><tt>important</tt></tag>
            <item>