Package: debian-policy
Tags: patch
Breaks support is present in the version of dpkg in lenny, and there are
already multiple uses of Breaks in the archive now for unstable. The
disclaimer about not using Breaks should be dropped.
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>From d5fe11dda3dea29fd4d8a1dfd1e74cba8d12c324 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:46:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Breaks are supported in stable, so are now allowed in the archive
---
policy.sgml | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 144cbfb..c82ced0 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -4532,8 +4532,7 @@ Build-Depends: foo [!i386] | bar [!amd64]
<prgn>dpkg</prgn> from upgrading or installing the package
which declared such a conflict until the upgrade or removal
of the conflicted-with package had been completed. Instead,
- <tt>Breaks</tt> may be used (once <tt>Breaks</tt> is supported
- by the stable release of Debian).
+ <tt>Breaks</tt> may be used.
</p>
</sect>
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