removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries, closes: #193748

Author: joy
Date: 2003/07/21 10:50:06
removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries, closes: #193748

git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-245

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5ecd3dbaaf4eb9956f8cf2bd06bc60529ff83dda..bc0b725bf7db821987650799c7ba592d42d759f3 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+debian-policy (3.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  Josip:
+  * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
+    closes: #193748.
+
+ -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org>  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:17:57 +0200
+
 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
 
   Josip:

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 79fc386fa30a2f5fcd0c15401fb5e61595733299..0368a7f10ac7a0b3b63c1fe69527a5dc1be078ec 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1761,25 +1761,6 @@
        </p>
       </sect>
 
-      <sect>
-       <heading>Obsolete constructs and libraries</heading>
-
-       <p>
-         The include file <tt>&lt;varargs.h&gt;</tt> is
-         provided to support end-users compiling very old software;
-         the library <tt>libtermcap</tt> is provided to support the
-         execution of software which has been linked against it
-         (either old programs or those such as Netscape which are
-         only available in binary form).
-       </p>
-
-       <p>
-         Debian packages should be patched to use
-         <tt>&lt;stdarg.h&gt;</tt> and <tt>ncurses</tt>
-         instead.
-       </p>
-      </sect>
-
       <sect id="debianrules">
        <heading>Main building script: <file>debian/rules</file></heading>
 

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html
index a5fd0c8e21d2925daeebb134ded525378a356552..c8b81121fc5d3ad47d0b1b3e021de9eec1986fcd 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.html
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.html
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ picking your way through this list.
      - Added mention of build-arch, build-indep, etc, in describing
        the relationships with `Build-Depends', `Build-Conflicts',
        `Build-Depends-Indep', and `Build-Conflicts-Indep'. May need to
-       review the new rules.  [7.6, 4.9]
+       review the new rules.  [7.6, 4.8]
      - Changed rules on how, and when, to invoke ldconfig in maintainer
        scripts. Long rationale. [8]
      - [Added the last note in 3.5.6 upgrading checklist item regarding
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ picking your way through this list.
       /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/lastlog must be installed setgid utmp [11.3]
 
 
+** Please note that section numbers below this point may not be up to date **
+
+
 2.5.0.0                         Oct 1998
 
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