On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 01:04:49AM +0200, Raphaël Hertzog wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.8.2.0 > Severity: normal > > Since the upload of install-info to sid, packages installing info > documentation should no more call install-info in their postinst. > It is now automatically done by the file trigger provided by the > install-info package.
What about partial lenny to squeeze upgrade ? Lenny does not provide such a trigger. > You should however explain that info-files must have the required > entries (INFO-DIR-SECTION, START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY / END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY) > so that they can be registered in the info directory file automatically. > Bugs have been filed about this, example: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=528864 At this point not all programs that generate info files add the above entries, which make hard to comply with that requirement. At least debiandoc2info needs to be fixed. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
