From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 17:26:45 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c0cd922b6cce8002dbd0c0bf1702977214a41654;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git

Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b7b614b..1916096 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ debian-policy (3.8.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
     Closes: #522219
+  * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+    Closes: #522364
   * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
     - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
     - Update the list of archive sections.  (Closes: #519835)
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 975df94..a5c9d13 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -5697,12 +5697,6 @@ rmdir /usr/local/share/emacs 2>/dev/null || true
 	    by any particular mail agents.  The use of the old
 	    location <file>/var/spool/mail</file> is deprecated, even
 	    though the spool may still be physically located there.
-	    To maintain partial upgrade compatibility for systems
-	    which have <file>/var/spool/mail</file> as their physical mail
-	    spool, packages using <file>/var/mail</file> must depend on
-	    either <package>libc6</package> (&gt;= 2.1.3-13), or on
-	    <package>base-files</package> (&gt;= 2.2.0), or on later
-	    versions of either one of these packages.
 	  </p>
 	</sect1>
       </sect>
diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html
index 71861d6..58f0740 100644
--- a/upgrading-checklist.html
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.html
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ picking your way through this list.
        back on other methods.                                    [3.9.1]
      * Legacy XFree86 servers no longer get a special exception from the
        FHS permitting /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.                     [9.1]
+     * Removed obsolete dependency requirements for packages that use
+       /var/mail.                                                [9.1.3]
      * The GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 is included in
        common-licenses and should be referenced from there.      [12.5]