Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> writes: > Is there another example of programs that are noisy about their > progress that could be used to make this concrete?
> A quick web search finds bug#508086. So, maybe: > This means, amongst other things, not passing the > <tt>--verbose</tt> option to <prgn>update-alternatives</prgn>. Good idea. >> @@ -3969,8 +3967,7 @@ Checksums-Sha256: >> Programs called from maintainer scripts should not normally >> have a path prepended to them. Before installation is >> started, the package management system checks to see if the >> - programs <prgn>ldconfig</prgn>, >> - <prgn>start-stop-daemon</prgn>, <prgn>install-info</prgn>, >> + programs <prgn>ldconfig</prgn>, <prgn>start-stop-daemon</prgn>, >> and <prgn>update-rc.d</prgn> can be found via the >> <tt>PATH</tt> environment variable. > Trivia: the current list is sh, rm, tar, find, dpkg-deb, ldconfig, > start-stop-daemon. I think what you have here is fine. Although that does imply that we should drop update-rc.d. > How about something like the following? > <p> > The install-info program maintains a directory of installed > info documents in /usr/share/info/dir for the use of info > readers. This file must not be included in packages other > than <package>install-info</package>. > </p> > <p> > <prgn>install-info</prgn> is automatically invoked when > appropriate using dpkg triggers. Packages other than > <package>install-info</package> <em>should not</em> invoke > <prgn>install-info</prgn> directly and <em>should not</em> > depend on, recommend, or suggest <package>install-info</package> > for this purpose. > </p> > <p> > Info readers requiring the /usr/share/info/dir file should > depend on <package>install-info</package>. > </p> That looks even better. Also seconded. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
