From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:49:26 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Clarify that Installed-Size is in kibibytes
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Clarify that Installed-Size is in kibibytes

* Clarify that Installed-Size is in kibibytes.  Thanks, Martin Dorey.
  (Closes: #534408)
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index acbc8f5..db79d81 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     warnings against its use.  Thanks, Steve Langasek.  (Closes: #533577)
   * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
     on binary dependencies.  Thanks, Frank Küster.  (Closes: #529771)
+  * Clarify that Installed-Size is in kibibytes.  Thanks, Martin Dorey.
+    (Closes: #534408)
 
  -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
 
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 528c4b9..b09bb5d 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -3291,8 +3291,9 @@ Package: libc6
 	  </p>
 
 	  <p>
-	    The disk space is represented in kilobytes as a simple
-	    decimal number.
+	    The disk space is given as the integer value of the installed
+	    size divided by 1024 and rounded (in other words, the size in
+	    kibibytes).
 	  </p>
 	</sect1>