Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:45:54 +0000 (05:45 +0000)]
Add a recommendation for the location for run-time support material,
Author: srivasta
Date: 2005/02/05 01:48:49
Add a recommendation for the location for run-time support material,
not meant to be invoked directly.
a) it shows a predilection for a directory named for the package,
but does not mandate it
b) Since this is a new requirement, it starts off as a
recommendation (after all, this was originally touted merely as
"best practice", not as something required for interoperability)
c) It also discusses arch independent modules, and adds similar
language for that.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:45:41 +0000 (05:45 +0000)]
Moved the opinion that one should add new changelog items, rather than
Author: srivasta
Date: 2005/02/05 00:55:19
Moved the opinion that one should add new changelog items, rather than
editing old entries, into a footnote.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:45:30 +0000 (05:45 +0000)]
Added an instance if what recovery is attempted if error unwind itself
Author: srivasta
Date: 2005/02/05 00:37:19
Added an instance if what recovery is attempted if error unwind itself
runs into problems.
Cleaned up some of the language in the /etc/init.d script output
formatting.
Cleaned up the command -v example. Instead of the massively complex
shenanigans suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives
in an essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
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
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