From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:00:07 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Drop another warning about using Breaks before stable dpkg supports it
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2ab6b6220349e4b02fdfbc1c25a39af786d76e8b;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git

Drop another warning about using Breaks before stable dpkg supports it

* Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
  warnings against its use.  Thanks, Steve Langasek.  (Closes: #533577)
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8202307..dce0eb9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+debian-policy (3.8.2.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
+    warnings against its use.  Thanks, Steve Langasek.  (Closes: #533577)
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
+
 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [ Russ Allbery ]
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index c82ced0..e92793b 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -4442,12 +4442,6 @@ Build-Depends: foo [!i386] | bar [!amd64]
       <sect id="breaks">
 	<heading>Packages which break other packages - <tt>Breaks</tt></heading>
 
-	<p>
-	  Using <tt>Breaks</tt> may cause problems for upgrades from older
-	  versions of Debian and should not be used until the stable
-	  release of Debian supports <tt>Breaks</tt>.
-	</p>
-
 	<p>
 	  When one binary package declares that it breaks another,
 	  <prgn>dpkg</prgn> will refuse to allow the package which