Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch headers directories

[debian/debian-policy.git] / policy.sgml

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index bd9eb73a188f7891bc70eb5276f456dc91334ecc..fa0a390cf08308c5ed2c57886845ec64e9a66d18 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -6976,6 +6976,17 @@ Built-Using: grub2 (= 1.99-9), loadlin (= 1.6e-1)
                     <tt>multiarch</tt>.
                   </footnote>
                 </p>
+                <p>
+                  The requirement for C and C++ headers files to be
+                  accessible through the search path
+                  <file>/usr/include/</file> is amended, permitting files to
+                  be accessible through the search path
+                  <file>/usr/include/<var>triplet</var></file> where
+                  <tt><var>triplet</var></tt> is as above.  <footnote>
+                    This is necessary for architecture-dependant headers
+                    file to coexist in a <tt>multiarch</tt> setup.
+                  </footnote>
+                </p>
                 <p>
                   Applications may also use a single subdirectory under
                   <file>/usr/lib/<var>triplet</var></file>.