From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:57:24 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Merge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra
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Merge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2f854ad..9afcb49 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #589609
+  * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
+    Closes: #232448
   * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
     package.
   * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 1718317..d56ca68 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -5529,6 +5529,14 @@ Replaces: mail-transport-agent
 	(<prgn>ld</prgn>) when compiling packages, as it will only look for
 	<file>libgdbm.so</file> when compiling dynamically.
       </p>
+
+      <p>
+	If the package provides Ada Library Information
+	(<file>*.ali</file>) files for use with GNAT, these files must be
+	installed read-only (mode 0444) so that GNAT will not attempt to
+	recompile them.  This overrides the normal file mode requirements
+	given in <ref id="permissions-owners">.
+      </p>
       </sect>
 
       <sect id="sharedlibs-intradeps">
@@ -8087,7 +8095,7 @@ endscript
 	</p>
       </sect>
 
-      <sect>
+      <sect id="permissions-owners">
 	<heading>Permissions and owners</heading>
 
 	<p>
diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index a147fca..6602d9a 100644
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ Not yet released.
   change if the library ABI changes are backward-compatible.  Discourage
   bundling shared libraries together in one package.
   </item>
+<tag>8.4</tag>
+  <item>Ada Library Information (<file>*.ali</file>) files must be
+  installed read-only.
+  </item>
 <tag>8.6.1, 8.6.2, 8.6.5</tag>
   <item>Packages should normally not include a <file>shlibs.local</file>
   file since we now have complete <file>shlibs</file> coverage.