<p>
The special value <tt>byhand</tt> for the section in a
<tt>.changes</tt> file indicates that the file in question
- is not an ordinary package file and must by installed by
+ is not an ordinary package file and must be installed by
hand by the distribution maintainers. If the section is
<tt>byhand</tt> the priority should be <tt>-</tt>.
</p>
renamed. If a consensus cannot be reached, <em>both</em>
programs must be renamed.
</p>
-
+ <p>
+ Binary executables must not be statically linked with the GNU C
+ library, since this prevents the binary from benefiting from
+ fixes and improvements to the C library without being rebuilt
+ and complicates security updates. This requirement may be
+ relaxed for binary executables whose intended purpose is to
+ diagnose and fix the system in situations where the GNU C
+ library may not be usable (such as system recovery shells or
+ utilities like ldconfig) or for binary executables where the
+ security benefits of static linking outweigh the drawbacks.
+ </p>
<p>
By default, when a package is being built, any binaries
created should include debugging information, as well as