From 81b4506ac36c6f44584fe122cf19bb399b56b453 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manoj Srivastava Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:42:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [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 git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-252 --- debian/changelog | 8 ++++++++ policy.sgml | 16 ++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 20c9be2..47948d6 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low + + Manoj: + * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg + in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855 + + -- + debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low Josip: diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 931d89c..e4f59f0 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -3648,10 +3648,18 @@ Package: libc6

If there is no most recently configured version - dpkg will pass a null argument; older versions - of dpkg may pass <unknown> (including the - angle brackets) in this case. Even older ones do not pass a - second argument at all, under any circumstances. + dpkg will pass a null argument. + +

+ Historical note: Truly ancient (pre-1997) versions of + dpkg passed <unknown> + (including the angle brackets) in this case. Even older + ones did not pass a second argument at all, under any + circumstance. Note that upgrades using such an old dpkg + version are unlikely to work for other reasons, even if + this old argument behavior is handled by your postinst script. +

+

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