Policy: [4.9] debian/rules: required targets must not attempt network access.

Wording:  Bill  Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
Seconded: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org>
Closes: #770016

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 93cf4f72107ca42cc197892d1229b94dec2adb6b..5deadec2329dcfe0aca97bc12fa509ba69319f01 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ debian-policy (3.9.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
     Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
     Closes: #666726
+  * Policy: [4.9] debian/rules: required targets must not attempt network access.
+    Wording:  Bill  Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org>
+    Closes: #770016
 
  -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>  Sun, 08 Feb 2015 19:22:01 +0100
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 4adee0b00da29910a0008d6aa549655e4d3a6383..a8afd4188e635c9ffe98ca863f0c6b4121302a40 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1931,6 +1931,10 @@ zope.
          any target that these targets depend on must also be
          non-interactive.
        </p>
+       <p>
+          For packages in the main archive, no required targets
+          may attempt network access.
+       </p>
 
        <p>
          The targets are as follows:

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index 7e490e643b38d882a88241fb4a469a7beaaa2014..7aa17a86dbb1790cb80dbca563b28e9e4933356c 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ Released xxx, 2015.
 <tag>5.1</tag>
   <item> Empty field values in control files are only permitted in the
   <file>debian/control</file> file of a source package.
+<tag>4.9</tag> <file>debian/rules</file>: required targets must not attempt
+  network access.
+  <item > 
   </item> </taglist></p>
 
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