debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
+ Manoj
* Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
postsint. closes: Bug#120585
* Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
- obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
- * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: bug#72980
+ obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
+ * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
+ * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
+ debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
+ debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
+ is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
+ closes: Bug#164035
+ * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
+ * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
+ * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
+ conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
+ effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
+ other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
+ the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
+ * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
+ * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
+ Josip
* Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
- file, closes: #65764.
+ file, closes: Bug#65764
- --
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
details. closes: Bug#133030
* Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
* Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
- parts of Bug#161455.
+ parts of Bug#161455.
-- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
* we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
special field in the control file (and these should be added only
after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
- * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
+ * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
closes: Bug#109672
* Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
closes: Bug#146756
* Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
* Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
* provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
- * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
+ * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
closes: Bug#150456
* We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
* Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
medium, high, emergency.
* Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
- * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
+ * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
* [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
closes: Bug#102199
the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
version.
* Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
- from policy maintenance duties.
+ from policy maintenance duties.
* fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
* More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
- <cts@nikocity.de>
- * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
+ <cts@nikocity.de>
+ * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
closes: Bug#83924
* Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
* Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
* Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
policy. closes: Bug#53496
* Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
- in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
+ in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
closes: Bug#53700
* Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
* [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
- not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
+ not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
* [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
policy. closes: Bug#64437
* [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
* [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
- * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
+ * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
* [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
* [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
* Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
* Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
- * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
- (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
+ * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
+ (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
- * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
+ * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
alternative closes: Bug#53755
* [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
list closes: Bug#53756
- * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
+ * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
* [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
- virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
- * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
- policy closes: Bug#53760
- * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
+ virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
+ * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
+ policy closes: Bug#53760
+ * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
policy closes: Bug#53761
- * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
- that use X closes: Bug#53762
+ * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
+ that use X closes: Bug#53762
* [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
- * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
+ * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
* Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
- * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
+ * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
* Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
* Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
* Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
* Added FHS details to copyright file
* Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
- file.
+ file.
* Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
* Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
- not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
+ not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
-- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
* A few typos and omissions corrected
* Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
- list.
+ list.
* Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
* Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
.deb packages)
* Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
* [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
- Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
+ Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
closes: Bug#21969
* [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
/usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
footnote. closes: Bug#28747
- * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
+ * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
- * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
+ * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
closes: Bug# 37342
* [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
Window System) closes: Bug#38212
Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
* Updated the upgrading checklist.
- * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
+ * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
-- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
- accordingly.
+ accordingly.
What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
- in the number gap.
+ in the number gap.
This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
number. closes: BUG#25911
-
+
* AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
* AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
- main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
+ main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
closes: BUG#7890
-
+
* AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
/usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
-
+
* AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
-
+
* The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
- managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
-
- * Make the package optional, not extra.
-
+ managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
+
+ * Make the package optional, not extra.
+
* Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
- it is, really).
-
+ it is, really).
+
* Re did the control files, making them more robust
-
+
* re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
- by putting in a layer of abstractions.
+ by putting in a layer of abstractions.
-- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
- Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
+ improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
-
+
- Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
+ fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
-
+
- Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
+ symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
+ Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
package.
-
+
- Updated section 4.9 Games:
+ manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
(cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
-
+
- Removed one example reference to the current standards version
- Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
a recompiled manual uses the same release date
- Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
* New version numbering scheme:
-
+
- The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
scheme.
-
+
- The first three digits of the version number specify the
`Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
- differ between the manuals.
-
+ differ between the manuals.
+
If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
`Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
-
+
* Packaging changes:
-
+
- Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
- Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
-
+
-- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
* Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
changelog file
- * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
+ * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
* Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
* Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
-
+
-- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
* Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
the draft official policy (which is not the case)
* Don't use debstd anymore
-
+
-- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
- refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
- changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
- - new section about `Daemons'
- - updated section about `Configuration files'
- - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
+ - new section about `Daemons'
+ - updated section about `Configuration files'
+ - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
- fixed typos and grammatical errors
* Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
- renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
* Paper about libc6 migration:
- - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
+ - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
* SGML source code included in package
* don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
-
+
-- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
* Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
- - completely reworked structure
+ - completely reworked structure
- moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
- releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
+ releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
- moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
- - removed all those ugly footnotes
- - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
- - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
- - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
- - rewrote abstract and section introductions
- - mention "orphaned packages"
+ - removed all those ugly footnotes
+ - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
+ - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
+ - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
+ - rewrote abstract and section introductions
+ - mention "orphaned packages"
- maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
- distributions' policy
- - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
- - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
- - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
- - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
- - added section about arch spec strings
- - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
- - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
- - added section about "menus"
+ distributions' policy
+ - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
+ - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
+ - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
+ - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
+ - added section about arch spec strings
+ - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
+ - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
+ - added section about "menus"
- removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
- the new documentation policy soon
- - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
+ the new documentation policy soon
+ - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
- removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
- #11008)
- - added section about editors and pagers
- - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
- - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
- - added section about device files
- - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
- - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
+ #11008)
+ - added section about editors and pagers
+ - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
+ - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
+ - added section about device files
+ - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
+ - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
- lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
etc.)
* Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
- Added new section about obsolete names
* Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
* Fixed package's description
-
+
-- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
- * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
+ * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
Programmer's manual
* Corrected the contact email addresses again.
* Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
* Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
a package into. (Guy Maor)
- * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
- Programmer 6.1.
+ * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
+ Programmer 6.1.
-- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
-
+
* Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
- Guy Maor and others
+ Guy Maor and others
* correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
- * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
+ * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
description of deb file format.
- * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
- * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
+ * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
+ * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
shared libraries.
* Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
(Bug #2481)
* Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
* Added section headings for copyright criteria
* Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
- * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
+ * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
static libraries. (Bug #5299)
- * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
+ * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
packages in section on Procedure
- * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
+ * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
a package maintainer
* A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
* Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
* Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
on various shlib files
* Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
- * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
+ * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
-- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
<tt>required</tt> or at least <tt>important</tt>, and many
of them will be tagged <tt>essential</tt> (see below).</p>
-
+
</sect1>
The <tt>Build-Depends</tt> and
<tt>Build-Conflicts</tt> fields must be satisfied when
any of the following targets is invoked:
- <tt>build</tt>, <tt>binary</tt>, <tt>binary-arch</tt>,
- <tt>build-arch</tt>, <tt>build-indep</tt>
- and <tt>binary-indep</tt>.
+ <tt>build</tt>, <tt>clean</tt>, <tt>binary</tt>,
+ <tt>binary-arch</tt>, <tt>build-arch</tt>,
+ <tt>build-indep</tt> and <tt>binary-indep</tt>.
</p>
</item>
<tag><tt>Build-Depends-Indep</tt>,
The <tt>Build-Depends-Indep</tt> and
<tt>Build-Conflicts-Indep</tt> fields must be
satisfied when any of the following targets is
- invoked: <tt>build</tt>, <tt>build-indep</tt>,
- <tt>binary</tt> and <tt>binary-indep</tt>.
+ invoked: <tt>build</tt>, <tt>clean</tt>,
+ <tt>build-indep</tt>, <tt>binary</tt> and
+ <tt>binary-indep</tt>.
</p>
</item>
</taglist>
To get the default behavior for your package, put in your
<prgn>postinst</prgn> script
<example compact="compact">
- update-rc.d <var>package</var> defaults
+ update-rc.d <var>package</var> defaults
</example>
and in your <prgn>postrm</prgn>
<example compact="compact">
if [ "$1" = purge ]; then
- update-rc.d <var>package</var> remove
+ update-rc.d <var>package</var> remove
fi
</example>. Note that is your package changes runlevels
or priority, you may have to remove and recreate the
</p>
<p>
- If no manual page is available for a particular program,
- utility, function or configuration file and this is reported
- as a bug to the Debian Bug Tracking System, a symbolic link
- from the requested manual page to the <manref
- name="undocumented" section="7"> manual page may be
- provided. This symbolic link can be created from
- <file>debian/rules</file> like this:
- <example compact="compact">
-ln -s ../man7/undocumented.7.gz \
- debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man[1-9]/<var>requested_manpage</var>.[1-9].gz
- </example>
- This manpage claims that the lack of a manpage has been
- reported as a bug, so you may only do this if it really has
- (you can report it yourself, if you like). Do not close the
- bug report until a proper manpage is available.</p>
+ There should be a manual page at for every program at the
+ very least, and possibly one for every configuration file,
+ protocol, utility, and function. If no manual page is
+ available, this is considered as a bug and should be
+ reported to the Debian Bug Tracking System (the maintainer
+ of the package is allowed to write this bug report
+ themselves, if they so desire). Do not close the bug report
+ until a proper manpage is available.<footnote>
+ <p>
+ It is not very hard to write a man page. See the
+ <url id="http://www.schweikhardt.net/man_page_howto.html"
+ name="Man-Page-HOWTO">,
+ <manref name="man" section="7">, the examples
+ created by <prgn>debmake</prgn> or <prgn>dh_make</prgn>,
+ the helper programs <prgn>help2man</prgn>, or the
+ directory <file>/usr/share/doc/man-db/examples</file>.
+ </p>
+ </footnote>
+ </p>
<p>
You may forward a complaint about a missing manpage to the
anyway.</p>
<p>
- Manual pages should be installed compressed using <tt>gzip
- -9</tt>.</p>
+ Manual pages should be installed compressed using <prgn>gzip</prgn>
+ <tt>-9</tt>.</p>
<p>
If one manpage needs to be accessible via several names it
course!</p>
<p>
- Files in <file>/usr/share/doc</file> should not be referenced by
- any program, and the system administrator should be able to
- delete them without causing any programs to break. Any files
- that are referenced by programs but are also useful as
- standalone documentation should be installed under
- <file>/usr/share/<var>package</var>/</file> with symbolic links
- from <file>/usr/share/doc/<var>package</var>/</file>.
+ Packages must not require the existance of any files in
+ <file>/usr/share/doc/</file> in order to function
+ <footnote id="rationale">
+ <p>
+ The system administrator should be able to
+ delete files in <file>/usr/share/doc/</file> without causing
+ any programs to break.
+ </p>
+ </footnote>.
+ Any files that are referenced by programs but are also
+ useful as standalone documentation should be installed under
+ <file>/usr/share/doc/</file> with symbolic links from
+ <file>/usr/share/doc/<package></file>
</p>
<p>
<file>/usr/share/doc/<var>package</var></file> may be a symbolic
link to another directory in <file>/usr/share/doc</file> only if
the two packages both come from the same source and the
- first package Depends on the second.
+ first package Depends on the second.
</p>
<p>
If you wish to use an alternative format, you may do so as long
as you include a parser for it in your source package. The
parser must have an API compatible with that expected by
- <prgn>dpkg-genchanges</prgn> and <prgn>dpkg-gencontrol</prgn>.
+ <prgn>dpkg-genchanges</prgn> and <prgn>dpkg-gencontrol</prgn>.
If there is general interest in the new format, you should
contact the <package>dpkg</package> maintainer to have the
- parser script for it included in the <prgn>dpkg</prgn> package.
+ parser script for it included in the <prgn>dpkg</prgn> package.
(You will need to agree that the parser and its manpage may be
distributed under the GNU GPL, just as the rest of `dpkg' is.)
</p>
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