These terms are synonyms. dpkg and dselect use halfconfigured
internally and Failed-config when talking to the user. This patch
ensures that policy uses the same term as dpkg does when talking to
the user ("Failed-Config") for consistency.
Now looking for seconds on this wording.
Signed-off-by: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org>
---
policy.sgml | 10 +++++-----
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 042e82f..8bfd563 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -4417,12 +4417,12 @@ Build-Depends: foo [!i386] | bar [!amd64]
be <em>unpacked</em> the pre-dependency can be
satisfied if the depended-on package is either fully
configured, <em>or even if</em> the depended-on
- package(s) are only unpacked or half-configured,
- provided that they have been configured correctly at
- some point in the past (and not removed or partially
- removed since). In this case, both the
+ package(s) are only unpacked or in the "Failed-Config"
+ state, provided that they have been configured
+ correctly at some point in the past (and not removed
+ or partially removed since). In this case, both the
previously-configured and currently unpacked or
- half-configured versions must satisfy any version
+ "Failed-Config" versions must satisfy any version
clause in the <tt>Pre-Depends</tt> field.
</p>
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