Reword maintainer script exit status requirement

* Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
  status on success to avoid double-negatives.

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index aa4062680375bcfbf82d0db1a60a5fd63c2de3bd..f8669439f66e8ba666804d41987444dd734858ac 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
     messages.  Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
     uniformly.  Thanks, Julian Andres Klode.  (Closes: #492624)
+  * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
+    status on success to avoid double-negatives.
 
  -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 54c19b60e5fc78f0aac4267d5c5e9e64265608ba..5e7a28704863e6a6a08da906ecf080d4a17c4c4d 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -3436,8 +3436,7 @@ Package: libc6
          scripts this means that you <em>almost always</em> need to
          use <tt>set -e</tt> (this is usually true when writing shell
          scripts, in fact).  It is also important, of course, that
-         they don't exit with a non-zero status if everything went
-         well.
+         they exit with a zero status if everything went well.
        </p>
 
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