Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:45:24 +0000 (05:45 +0000)]
Move the error unwind eaxmple out the item in the postinst script
Author: srivasta
Date: 2005/02/04 23:44:52
Move the error unwind eaxmple out the item in the postinst script
usage section. Delete generated files in the clean target
(policy.{pdf,ps,tpt,txt} are generated files)
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:45:17 +0000 (05:45 +0000)]
Clatrified section 8.1 to further demonstrate that section 8.1 is not
Author: srivasta
Date: 2005/02/04 07:01:51
Clatrified section 8.1 to further demonstrate that section 8.1 is not
a must directive, since some people seem to be confused about this.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:45:09 +0000 (05:45 +0000)]
Added the FHS 2.3 files, and removed the 2.2 version. Arranged for the FHS 2.3 files to be installed. No changes to policy.
Author: srivasta
Date: 2004/10/26 22:23:55
Added the FHS 2.3 files, and removed the 2.2 version. Arranged for the FHS 2.3 files to be installed. No changes to policy.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:44:49 +0000 (05:44 +0000)]
* Bug fix
Author: srivasta
Date: 2004/10/17 23:37:19
* Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:44:46 +0000 (05:44 +0000)]
Clarify that section 12.3 does not mean that you can ignore section
Author: srivasta
Date: 2004/10/17 23:32:56
Clarify that section 12.3 does not mean that you can ignore section
12.7 (or, really, any other section) of the policy.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:44:41 +0000 (05:44 +0000)]
Routine fixing of policy bugs, thoug a new version of policy is
Author: srivasta
Date: 2004/09/28 05:49:38
Routine fixing of policy bugs, thoug a new version of policy is
unlikely to be released before Etch, seeing that we are frozen and all.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:43:42 +0000 (05:43 +0000)]
linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742
Author: joy
Date: 2003/11/02 14:08:33
linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:43:33 +0000 (05:43 +0000)]
clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832
Author: joy
Date: 2003/11/02 13:59:55
clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:43:28 +0000 (05:43 +0000)]
generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better, closes: #50565
Author: joy
Date: 2003/11/02 13:35:59
generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better, closes: #50565
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:42:37 +0000 (05:42 +0000)]
[AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/09/15 17:19:34
[AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:42:26 +0000 (05:42 +0000)]
Josip
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/08/19 12:32:23
Josip:
* Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
closes: #193748.
Manoj:
* Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
* Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
* Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
--oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
running. closes: Bug#187250
* invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
* Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
* [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
user closes: Bug#176506
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:42:18 +0000 (05:42 +0000)]
* invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/08/03 18:54:26
* invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:42:09 +0000 (05:42 +0000)]
* Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/08/03 17:18:07
* Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
* Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
--oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
running. closes: Bug#187250
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:41:53 +0000 (05:41 +0000)]
updated the old libgdbm example which was potentially confusing due to the extra letter g from the days of libc5->glibc transition
Author: joy
Date: 2003/07/29 12:38:06
updated the old libgdbm example which was potentially confusing due to the extra letter g from the days of libc5->glibc transition
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:41:16 +0000 (05:41 +0000)]
Various fixes toallowvlaidation. Updated the upgfrading checklist,
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/06/07 20:15:51
Various fixes toallowvlaidation. Updated the upgfrading checklist,
including going back and fixing the section numbers. Now all that is
left for 3.6.0 to be released is to include a changelog entry
describing the reorganization.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:40:58 +0000 (05:40 +0000)]
Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/06/07 18:05:49
Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
way relationship.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:40:29 +0000 (05:40 +0000)]
Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the wording from a
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/06/07 17:39:17
Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the wording from a
should to a may; since a should would make an unknown number of
packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist bugs; we can
raise the severity in a later version of policy.
Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
machine.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:39:49 +0000 (05:39 +0000)]
build policy.{ps,pdf}.gz and include them in the binary package (byhand's gone). i'm guessing nobody needed this in the first place, but i guess we can put them in here just in case.
Author: joy
Date: 2003/05/10 17:44:29
build policy.{ps,pdf}.gz and include them in the binary package (byhand's gone). i'm guessing nobody needed this in the first place, but i guess we can put them in here just in case.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:39:47 +0000 (05:39 +0000)]
gzipped ps and pdf (hm, there should probably be a way to make the .gz rules more generic, but i can't be bothered to look it up)
Author: joy
Date: 2003/05/10 17:42:40
gzipped ps and pdf (hm, there should probably be a way to make the .gz rules more generic, but i can't be bothered to look it up)
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:39:02 +0000 (05:39 +0000)]
formatting fixes; created another administrivia section with a list of links to external sub-policies and the developer's reference (and updated the remaining external references)
Author: joy
Date: 2003/03/23 17:38:29
formatting fixes; created another administrivia section with a list of links to external sub-policies and the developer's reference (and updated the remaining external references)
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:38:45 +0000 (05:38 +0000)]
Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/03/21 20:32:14
Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
footnotre (quoting from the jargon file) to explain what "by hand"
means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:38:30 +0000 (05:38 +0000)]
Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the url as it
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/03/21 17:10:14
Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the url as it
changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
closes: Bug#184518
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:38:24 +0000 (05:38 +0000)]
Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/03/21 16:27:41
Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:38:17 +0000 (05:38 +0000)]
Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/03/21 16:11:16
Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:38:08 +0000 (05:38 +0000)]
fixed typos noticed by Osamu Aoki, indented by a space, various formatting fixes to eliminate redundancy, fixed content sections
Author: joy
Date: 2003/03/11 23:57:43
fixed typos noticed by Osamu Aoki, indented by a space, various formatting fixes to eliminate redundancy, fixed content sections
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:37:57 +0000 (05:37 +0000)]
Josip
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/03/07 18:38:55
Josip:
* Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
* Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
* Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
closes: #174048
* Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
* Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
closes: #103459
* Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
* Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
offtopic stuff, too.
* When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
script should start it, closes: #60979
* Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
"should", closes: #170019
* Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
* Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
* Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
* Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
closes: #183544
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:37:37 +0000 (05:37 +0000)]
updated all the references to sub-policy documents to properly reference external locations and mirrors, reordered two sections to have a more logical ordering
Author: joy
Date: 2003/02/23 20:29:56
updated all the references to sub-policy documents to properly reference external locations and mirrors, reordered two sections to have a more logical ordering
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:36:51 +0000 (05:36 +0000)]
remove needless examples/ path component for packages whose whole purpose is to provide examples, according to 2.5 years old, yet entirely non-controversial #69864
Author: joy
Date: 2003/02/16 03:01:22
remove needless examples/ path component for packages whose whole purpose is to provide examples, according to 2.5 years old, yet entirely non-controversial #69864