Delegate udeb policy description to d-i internals manual

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

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
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--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@
          distributed in some other way or is intended for local use
          only.
        </p>
+
+       <p>
+         udebs (stripped-down binary packages used by the Debian Installer) do
+         not comply with all of the requirements discussed here.  See the
+         <url name="Debian Installer internals manual"
+         id="http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/doc/internals/ch03.html"> for more
+         information about them.
+       </p>
       </sect>
 
       <sect>
@@ -10896,25 +10904,9 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
       <heading>Binary packages (from old Packaging Manual)</heading>
 
       <p>
-       The binary package has two main sections.  The first part
-       consists of various control information files and scripts used
-       by <prgn>dpkg</prgn> when installing and removing.  See <ref
-       id="pkg-controlarea">.
-      </p>
-
-      <p>
-       The second part is an archive containing the files and
-       directories to be installed.
+       See <manref name="deb" section="5"> and <ref id="pkg-controlarea">.
       </p>
 
-      <p>
-       In the future binary packages may also contain other
-       components, such as checksums and digital signatures. The
-       format for the archive is described in full in the
-       <file>deb(5)</file> man page.
-      </p>
-
-
       <sect id="pkg-bincreating"><heading>Creating package files -
       <prgn>dpkg-deb</prgn>
        </heading>