Remove references to the obsolete debmake package

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b49424a05942de22e32c2e1c581ae5cc96afa678..e4e498ac86638e8c30bbed4d5807b7d24ba283c2 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ debian-policy (3.9.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
     Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures.  Patch
     from Guillem Jover.  (Closes: #594656)
+  * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
   * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
   * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
   * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 28b8849a4564403bcbee0647b310b1a41062dde2..642f672e658acad82f011df7efae0a3fa0953075 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -9357,13 +9357,13 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
           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 man page is available.<footnote>
-              It is not very hard to write a man page. See the
+             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">,
-             <manref name="man" section="7">, the examples
-              created by <prgn>debmake</prgn> or <prgn>dh_make</prgn>,
-             the helper program <prgn>help2man</prgn>, or the
-              directory <file>/usr/share/doc/man-db/examples</file>.
+             <manref name="man" section="7">, the examples created
+             by <prgn>dh_make</prgn>, the helper
+             program <prgn>help2man</prgn>, or the
+             directory <file>/usr/share/doc/man-db/examples</file>.
           </footnote>
        </p>
 
@@ -9834,13 +9834,10 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
       </p>
 
       <p>
-       The Debian version of the FSF's GNU hello program is provided
-       as an example for people wishing to create Debian
-       packages. The Debian <prgn>debmake</prgn> package is
-       recommended as a very helpful tool in creating and maintaining
-       Debian packages. However, while the tools and examples are
-       helpful, they do not replace the need to read and follow the
-       Policy and Programmer's Manual.</p>
+       The Debian version of the FSF's GNU hello program is provided as
+       an example for people wishing to create Debian packages. However,
+       while the examples are helpful, they do not replace the need to
+       read and follow the Policy and Programmer's Manual.</p>
     </appendix>
 
     <appendix id="pkg-binarypkg">