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and subject line Bug#533577: fixed in debian-policy 3.8.3.0
has caused the Debian Bug report #533577,
regarding Breaks are supported in stable, so are now allowed in the archive
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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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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 3.8.3.0
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
debian-policy_3.8.3.0.dsc
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.3.0.dsc
debian-policy_3.8.3.0.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.3.0.tar.gz
debian-policy_3.8.3.0_all.deb
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.3.0_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 533...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)
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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.8.3.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 493007 514919 519941 522217 525190 527871 529771 530967 533577 533852
534408 537707 538665 539389 541537
Changes:
debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org>
Closes: #530967
* Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
Wording: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <and...@morphoss.com>
Closes: #527871
* Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org>
Closes: #514919
* Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
Wording: Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <k...@roeckx.be>
Seconded: Adeodato Simó <d...@net.com.org.es>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>
Closes: #519941
* Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Closes: #522217
* Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Closes: #493007
* Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
Wording: Colin Watson <cjwat...@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@golden-gryphon.com>
Closes: #537707
* Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
Closes: #533852
* Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Closes: #538665
* Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
Wording: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org>
Closes: #525190
* Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
* Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
* Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
* Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
* Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
* Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
* Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
add more details about the contents of the Description field in
a *.changes file.
* Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
Source field descriptions.
* Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
* Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
description says otherwise.
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