Fix typo in latest entry reported by Niko Tiny

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

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index dad8d23272a2ea75cf109563e836900ab26f9472..c5fd30586c505a1805f90e2d9b833ae2cf4a1c2e 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2367,8 +2367,7 @@ endif
           This is an optional, recommended configuration file for the
           <tt>uscan</tt> utility which defines how to automatically scan
           ftp or http sites for newly available updates of the
-          package. This is used
-          by <url id="http://dehs.alioth.debian.org/"> and other Debian QA
+          package. This is used Debian QA
           tools to help with quality control and maintenance of the
           distribution as a whole.
         </p>
@@ -6918,6 +6917,20 @@ Built-Using: grub2 (= 1.99-9), loadlin (= 1.6e-1)
            exceptions to the FHS apply:
 
             <enumlist>
+              <item>
+                <p>
+                The FHS requirement that architecture-independent
+                application-specific static files be located in
+                <file>/usr/share</file> is relaxed to a suggestion.
+
+                In particular, a subdirectory of <file>/usr/lib</file> may
+                be used by a package (or a collection of packages) to hold a
+                mixture of architecture-independent and
+                architecture-dependent files. However, when a directory is
+                entirely composed of architecture-independent files, it
+                should be located in <file>/usr/share</file>.
+                </p>
+              </item>
               <item>
                 <p>
                   The optional rules related to user specific
@@ -6963,6 +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>.
@@ -7029,6 +7053,16 @@ Built-Using: grub2 (= 1.99-9), loadlin (= 1.6e-1)
                    kernel information.</footnote>
                </p>
              </item>
+             <item>
+               <p>
+                  The requirement for <file>/usr/local/lib&lt;qual&gt;</file>
+                  to exist if <file>/lib&lt;qual&gt;</file> or
+                  <file>/usr/lib&lt;qual&gt;</file> exists (where 
+                  <file>lib&lt;qual&gt;</file> is a variant of
+                  <file>lib</file> such as <file>lib32</file> or
+                  <file>lib64</file>) is removed.
+                  </p>
+             </item>
              <item>
                <p>
                  On GNU/Hurd systems, the following additional
@@ -8432,7 +8466,17 @@ fi
          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
@@ -9698,15 +9742,16 @@ done
                Cgi-bin executable files are installed in the
                directory
                <example compact="compact">
-/usr/lib/cgi-bin/<var>cgi-bin-name</var>
+/usr/lib/cgi-bin
+               </example>
+               or a subdirectory of that directory, and the script
+               <example compact="compact">
+/usr/lib/cgi-bin/.../<var>cgi-bin-name</var>
                </example>
-               or a subdirectory of that directory, and should be
-               referred to as
+               should be referred to as
                <example compact="compact">
-http://localhost/cgi-bin/<var>cgi-bin-name</var>
+http://localhost/cgi-bin/.../<var>cgi-bin-name</var>
                </example>
-               (possibly with a subdirectory name
-               before <var>cgi-bin-name</var>).
            </item>
 
            <item>