* Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
* Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
* Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
+ * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
+ incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
+ caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
+ included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
+ closes: Bug#202054
+ * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
+ version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
+ developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
+ packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
+ this section. closes: Bug#248618
+ * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
+ 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
+ * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
+ 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
+ Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
+ * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
+ Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
+ Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
+ * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
+ Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
+ (Closes: #252392).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
+ Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
+ * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
+ (Closes: #252086).
Josip:
- * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
+ * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
* Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
- closes: #50565.
+ closes: #50565.
* Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
- to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
- * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
+ to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
+ * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
* Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
- according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
+ according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
* Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
- closes: #75508.
+ closes: #75508.
* Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
- source tarballs, closes: #79210.
-
- --
+ source tarballs, closes: #79210.
+ Andi:
+ * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
+ * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
+ * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
+ * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
+ * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
+ Closes: #185943, #237049
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
<em>libs</em>, <em>libdevel</em>, <em>mail</em>,
<em>math</em>, <em>misc</em>, <em>net</em>, <em>news</em>,
<em>non-US</em>, <em>non-free</em>, <em>oldlibs</em>,
- <em>otherosfs</em>, <em>perl</em>, <em>python</em>
+ <em>otherosfs</em>, <em>perl</em>, <em>python</em>,
<em>science</em>, <em>shells</em>,
<em>sound</em>, <em>tex</em>, <em>text</em>,
<em>utils</em>, <em>web</em>, <em>x11</em>.
<p>
To prevent having to use epochs for every new upstream
- version, the version number should be changed to the
- following format in such cases: "19960501", "19961224". It
- is up to the maintainer whether he/she wants to bother the
- upstream maintainer to change the version numbers upstream,
- too.
+ version, the date based portion of the version number
+ should be changed to the following format in such cases:
+ "19960501", "19961224". It is up to the maintainer whether
+ he/she wants to bother the upstream maintainer to change
+ the version numbers upstream, too.
</p>
<p>
package names can be found in the <tt>debian-policy</tt> package.
It is also available from the Debian web mirrors at
<tt><url name="/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt"
- id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt"></tt>
- and from the Debian archive mirrors at
- <tt><url name="/doc/package-developer/virtual-package-names-list.txt"
- id="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/virtual-package-names-list.txt"></tt>.
+ id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt"></tt>.
</p>
<p>
<p>
The package installation scripts should avoid producing
- output which it is unnecessary for the user to see and
+ output which is unnecessary for the user to see and
should rely on <prgn>dpkg</prgn> to stave off boredom on
the part of a user installing many packages. This means,
amongst other things, using the <tt>--quiet</tt> option on
<package>debian-policy</package> package.
It is also available from the Debian web mirrors at
<tt><url name="/doc/packaging-manuals/debconf_specification.html"
- id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/debconf_specification.html"></tt>
- and from the Debian archive mirrors at
- <tt><url name="/doc/package-developer/debconf_specification.txt.gz"
- id="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/debconf_specification.txt.gz"></tt>.
+ id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/debconf_specification.html"></tt>.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
- If you need to edit a <prgn>Makefile</prgn> where
- GNU-style <prgn>configure</prgn> scripts are used, you
- should edit the <file>.in</file> files rather than editing the
+ If you need to edit a <prgn>Makefile</prgn> where GNU-style
+ <prgn>configure</prgn> scripts are used, you should edit the
+ <file>.in</file> files rather than editing the
<prgn>Makefile</prgn> directly. This allows the user to
reconfigure the package if necessary. You should
<em>not</em> configure the package and edit the generated
- <prgn>Makefile</prgn>! This makes it impossible for
- someone else to later reconfigure the package.
+ <prgn>Makefile</prgn>! This makes it impossible for someone
+ else to later reconfigure the package without losing the
+ changes you made.
</p>
</sect>
contact the <package>dpkg</package> maintainer to have the
parser script for it included in the <prgn>dpkg</prgn>
package. (You will need to agree that the parser and its
- manpage may be distributed under the GNU GPL, just as the rest
+ man page may be distributed under the GNU GPL, just as the rest
of <prgn>dpkg</prgn> is.)
</footnote>
</p>
<p>
For more information about using <tt>update-rc.d</tt>,
- please consult its manpage <manref name="update-rc.d"
+ please consult its man page <manref name="update-rc.d"
section="8">.
</p>
</sect2>
<p>
For more information about using
- <prgn>invoke-rc.d</prgn>, please consult its manpage
+ <prgn>invoke-rc.d</prgn>, please consult its man page
<manref name="invoke-rc.d" section="8">.
</p>
</sect2>
files in the <tt>debian-policy</tt> package.
It is also available from the Debian web mirrors at
<tt><url name="/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/"
- id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/"></tt>
- and from the Debian archive mirrors at
- <tt><url name="/doc/package-developer/menu-policy.txt.gz"
- id="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/menu-policy.txt.gz"></tt>.
+ id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/"></tt>.
</p>
<p>
files in the <tt>debian-policy</tt> package.
It is also available from the Debian web mirrors at
<tt><url name="/doc/packaging-manuals/mime-policy/"
- id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/mime-policy/"></tt>
- and from the Debian archive mirrors at
- <tt><url name="/doc/package-developer/mime-policy.txt.gz"
- id="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/mime-policy.txt.gz"></tt>.
+ id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/mime-policy/"></tt>.
</p>
</sect>
<prgn>csh</prgn> and <prgn>tcsh</prgn> should be avoided as
scripting languages. See <em>Csh Programming Considered
Harmful</em>, one of the <tt>comp.unix.*</tt> FAQs, which
- can be found at <url id="http://language.perl.com/versus/csh.whynot">.
+ can be found at <url id="http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/">.
If an upstream package comes with <prgn>csh</prgn> scripts
then you must make sure that they start with
<tt>#!/bin/csh</tt> and make your package depend on the
<item>
If the window manager complies with <url
- id="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/wm-spec.html"
+ id="http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/wm-spec"
name="The Window Manager Specification Project">,
written by the <url id="http://www.freedesktop.org/"
name="Free Desktop Group">, add 40 points.
files in the <tt>debian-policy</tt> package.
It is also available from the Debian web mirrors at
<tt><url name="/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/"
- id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/"></tt>
- and from the Debian archive mirrors at
- <tt><url name="/doc/package-developer/perl-policy.txt.gz"
- id="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/perl-policy.txt.gz"></tt>.
+ id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/"></tt>.
</p>
</sect>
and should be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking System (the
maintainer of the package is allowed to write this bug report
themselves, if they so desire). Do not close the bug report
- until a proper manpage is available.<footnote>
+ until a proper man page is available.<footnote>
It is not very hard to write a man page. See the
<url id="http://www.schweikhardt.net/man_page_howto.html"
name="Man-Page-HOWTO">,
</p>
<p>
- You may forward a complaint about a missing manpage to the
+ You may forward a complaint about a missing man page to the
upstream authors, and mark the bug as forwarded in the
Debian bug tracking system. Even though the GNU Project do
- not in general consider the lack of a manpage to be a bug,
+ not in general consider the lack of a man page to be a bug,
we do; if they tell you that they don't consider it a bug
you should leave the bug in our bug tracking system open
anyway.
</p>
<p>
- If one manpage needs to be accessible via several names it
+ If one man page needs to be accessible via several names it
is better to use a symbolic link than the <file>.so</file>
feature, but there is no need to fiddle with the relevant
parts of the upstream source to change from <file>.so</file> to
symlinks: don't do it unless it's easy. You should not
create hard links in the manual page directories, nor put
absolute filenames in <file>.so</file> directives. The filename
- in a <file>.so</file> in a manpage should be relative to the
- base of the manpage tree (usually
+ in a <file>.so</file> in a man page should be relative to the
+ base of the man page tree (usually
<file>/usr/share/man</file>). If you do not create any links
(whether symlinks, hard links, or <tt>.so</tt> directives)
- in the filesystem to the alternate names of the manpage,
+ in the filesystem to the alternate names of the man page,
then you should not rely on <prgn>man</prgn> finding your
- manpage under those names based solely on the information in
- the manpage's header.<footnote>
+ man page under those names based solely on the information in
+ the man page's header.<footnote>
Supporting this in <prgn>man</prgn> often requires
unreasonable processing time to find a manual page or to
report that none exists, and moves knowledge into man's
This manual does not go into detail about the options and
usage of the package building and installation tools. It
should therefore be read in conjuction with those programs'
- manpages.
+ man pages.
</p>
<p>
for managing various system configuration and similar issues,
such as <prgn>update-rc.d</prgn> and
<prgn>install-info</prgn>, are not described in detail here -
- please see their manpages.
+ please see their man pages.
</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> manpage.
+ <file>deb(5)</file> man page.
</p>
</p>
<p>
- See the manpage <manref name="dpkg-deb" section="8"> for details of how
+ See the man page <manref name="dpkg-deb" section="8"> for details of how
to examine the contents of this newly-created file. You may find the
output of following commands enlightening:
<example>
</p>
<p>
- See the manpage <manref name="update-alternatives"
+ See the man page <manref name="update-alternatives"
section="8"> for details.
</p>
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