* Correct syntax error (sentence fragment missing) regarding the ldd

Author: jdg
Date: 2001/08/22 23:26:45
* Correct syntax error (sentence fragment missing) regarding the ldd
-> objdump transition
* Correct 'commment' -> 'comment' speling error
* Add section refs in checklist
* Start new section in changelog

git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-134

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ad1a3284c775855866eec12a00f06d7784543bc6..51fb412ef7638ab0e273a5fcc05d3176ea4cf1e9 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * 
+
+ --
+
 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
@@ -18,7 +24,7 @@ debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
   * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
     informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
     its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
-    ther information provided.                               closes: Bug#105535
+    the information provided.                                closes: Bug#105535
   * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
                                                              closes: Bug#105538
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index e8f29fa220d9dfb6007cd722e2e3bb13e558fc50..f9cb97043e390964f4680657a7b6b4598b778e19 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -764,8 +764,7 @@
                These packages provide a reasonably small but not too
                limited character-mode system.  This is what will be
                installed by default if the user doesn't select anything
-               else.  It doesn't include many large applications.
-               .</p>
+               else.  It doesn't include many large applications.</p>
            </item>
            <tag><tt>optional</tt></tag>
            <item>
@@ -3758,8 +3757,8 @@ Replaces: mail-transport-agent
            <p>
              In the past, the shared libraries linked to were
              determined by calling <prgn>ldd</prgn>, but now
-             <prgn>objdump</prgn> to do this.  The only change this
-             makes to package building is that
+             <prgn>objdump</prgn> is used to do this.  The only
+             change this makes to package building is that
              <prgn>dpkg-shlibdeps</prgn> must also be run on shared
              libraries, whereas in the past this was unnecessary.
              The rest of this footnote explains the advantage that
@@ -3962,7 +3961,7 @@ dpkg-shlibdeps debian/tmp/usr/bin/* debian/tmp/usr/sbin/* \
 
        <p>
          Each <tt>shlibs</tt> file has the same format.  Lines
-         beginning with <tt>#</tt> are considered to be commments and
+         beginning with <tt>#</tt> are considered to be comments and
          are ignored.  Each line is of the form:
          <example compact="compact">
 <var>library-name</var> <var>soname-version-number</var> <var>dependencies ...</var>

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html
index 086a50351cdb0d57ac78c947100feb803f9e6454..864c9f5884e4d5db577fbb6bd9df1cc7202fcb1d 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.html
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.html
@@ -56,15 +56,16 @@ picking your way through this list.
 3.5.6.0                    Jul 01
 
      - Emacs and TeX are no longer mandated by policy to be priority
-       standard packages
+       standard packages [2.2]
      - Programs that access docs need to do so via /usr/share/doc, and
-       not via /usr/doc/ as was the policy previously
+       not via /usr/doc/ as was the policy previously [12.5]
      - Putting documentation in /usr/doc versus /usr/share/doc is now
-       a ``serious'' policy violation 
+       a ``serious'' policy violation
      - For web servers, one should not provide non-local access to the
        /usr/share/doc heirarchy. If one can't provide access controls for
        the //localhost/doc/ directory, then it is preferred that one
-       ask permission to expose that information during the install.
+       ask permission to expose that information during the install [12.5]
+
 
 3.5.5.0                    May 01