Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b7b614b87b582105a4cac0955accba7706ca02c9..1916096033e3fc14a71a14606b8c7bc898262432 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ debian-policy (3.8.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
     Closes: #522219
+  * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+    Closes: #522364
   * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
     - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
     - Update the list of archive sections.  (Closes: #519835)

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 975df943a26f00a5a1a816431507ba905deb322b..a5c9d139f7997a41799e44f4d25e695d613cb1ab 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -5697,12 +5697,6 @@ rmdir /usr/local/share/emacs 2>/dev/null || true
            by any particular mail agents.  The use of the old
            location <file>/var/spool/mail</file> is deprecated, even
            though the spool may still be physically located there.
-           To maintain partial upgrade compatibility for systems
-           which have <file>/var/spool/mail</file> as their physical mail
-           spool, packages using <file>/var/mail</file> must depend on
-           either <package>libc6</package> (&gt;= 2.1.3-13), or on
-           <package>base-files</package> (&gt;= 2.2.0), or on later
-           versions of either one of these packages.
          </p>
        </sect1>
       </sect>

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html
index 71861d6363935a20320939662f940203db999a5f..58f07409dde489647c0ac2476c4fa66183f01302 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.html
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.html
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ picking your way through this list.
        back on other methods.                                    [3.9.1]
      * Legacy XFree86 servers no longer get a special exception from the
        FHS permitting /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.                     [9.1]
+     * Removed obsolete dependency requirements for packages that use
+       /var/mail.                                                [9.1.3]
      * The GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 is included in
        common-licenses and should be referenced from there.      [12.5]