Hi, Russ Allbery wrote:
> +++ b/policy/ch-customized-programs.rst > @@ -93,19 +93,21 @@ page. [...] > -It is not required for a package to depend on ``editor`` and ``pager``, > -nor is it required for a package to provide such virtual > -packages. [#]_ > +Packages may assume that ``/usr/bin/editor`` and ``/usr/bin/pager`` are > +available as fallbacks without adding an explicit package dependency, and > +may fail if they are not present. There are no ``editor`` or ``pager`` > +virtual packages. One change this patch makes is to talk about /usr/bin/editor and /usr/bin/pager files instead of editor and pager files. Is that intentional? E.g. git uses "editor" as its default editor, not /usr/bin/editor. [...] > @@ -572,10 +574,6 @@ installed in ``/usr/share/man/man6``. > portion is handled internally by the package system based on the os > and cpu. > > -.. [#] > - The Debian base system already provides an editor and a pager > - program. > - What should packages do if an editor is configured and the "editor" command is not available? That's an existing issue but I had never thought about it before. It would be nice if policy could say something about it. Thanks, Jonathan
