From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:41:49 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries, closes: #193748
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removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries, closes: #193748

Author: joy
Date: 2003/07/21 10:50:06
removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries, closes: #193748

git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-245
---

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5ecd3db..bc0b725 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+debian-policy (3.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  Josip:
+  * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
+    closes: #193748.
+
+ -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org>  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:17:57 +0200
+
 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
 
   Josip:
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 79fc386..0368a7f 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1761,25 +1761,6 @@
 	</p>
       </sect>
 
-      <sect>
-	<heading>Obsolete constructs and libraries</heading>
-
-	<p>
-	  The include file <tt>&lt;varargs.h&gt;</tt> is
-	  provided to support end-users compiling very old software;
-	  the library <tt>libtermcap</tt> is provided to support the
-	  execution of software which has been linked against it
-	  (either old programs or those such as Netscape which are
-	  only available in binary form).
-	</p>
-
-	<p>
-	  Debian packages should be patched to use
-	  <tt>&lt;stdarg.h&gt;</tt> and <tt>ncurses</tt>
-	  instead.
-	</p>
-      </sect>
-
       <sect id="debianrules">
 	<heading>Main building script: <file>debian/rules</file></heading>
 
diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html
index a5fd0c8..c8b8112 100644
--- a/upgrading-checklist.html
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.html
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ picking your way through this list.
      - Added mention of build-arch, build-indep, etc, in describing
        the relationships with `Build-Depends', `Build-Conflicts',
        `Build-Depends-Indep', and `Build-Conflicts-Indep'. May need to
-       review the new rules.  [7.6, 4.9]
+       review the new rules.  [7.6, 4.8]
      - Changed rules on how, and when, to invoke ldconfig in maintainer
        scripts. Long rationale. [8]
      - [Added the last note in 3.5.6 upgrading checklist item regarding
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ picking your way through this list.
       /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/lastlog must be installed setgid utmp [11.3]
 
 
+** Please note that section numbers below this point may not be up to date **
+
+
 2.5.0.0                         Oct 1998
 
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