From a93dafde958fd19dabf04ece7fcb8c4e56b2f349 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manoj Srivastava Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:46:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarified the wording in section 2.5 tragering removal of required packages. Author: srivasta Date: 2005/02/06 02:32:38 Clarified the wording in section 2.5 tragering removal of required packages. git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-285 --- debian/changelog | 2 ++ policy.sgml | 16 +++++++++------- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 9fdf4ad..83c1f06 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low (Closes: #146023). * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359). + * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential", + thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104). -- diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 2c596c2..1bec25d 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -718,13 +718,15 @@ required Packages which are necessary for the proper - functioning of the system. You must not remove these - packages or your system may become totally broken and - you may not even be able to use dpkg to - put things back. Systems with only the - required packages are probably unusable, but - they do have enough functionality to allow the - sysadmin to boot and install more software. + functioning of the system (usually, this means that + dpkg functionality depends on these packages). + Removing an required package may cause your + system to become totally broken and you may not even + be able to use dpkg to put things back, + so only do so if you know what you are doing. Systems + with only the required packages are probably + unusable, but they do have enough functionality to + allow the sysadmin to boot and install more software. important -- 2.39.5