Bug#44922: bug#44922: Bug#44922: [PROPOSAL] handling missing stuff in /var/local

1999-09-13 Thread Steve Greenland
On 12-Sep-99, 20:05 (CDT), "Juergen A. Erhard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Though I'd rather have it read like > >Because '/usr/local' and its contents are for exclusive use of the >local administrator, a package must not rely on the presence or >absence of files or directories in '/

bug#44620: Bug#44620: packaging-manual: nitpick on section 4.2.14.

1999-09-13 Thread Seth R Arnold
On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 06:03:30PM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > > Of course they like it... They can advertise "Debian 2.1" and even if > there's a new point release available they can continue selling old > versions until they run out. And when people order it, they'll get the > new version or

bug#44922: Bug#44922: [PROPOSAL] handling missing stuff in /var/local

1999-09-13 Thread Juergen A. Erhard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Steve" == Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steve> On 12-Sep-99, 11:01 (CDT), "Juergen A. Erhard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Package: debian-policy >> Version: 3.0.1.1 >> Severity: normal >> >> Add to sec

bug#44620: Bug#44620: packaging-manual: nitpick on section 4.2.14.

1999-09-13 Thread Joseph Carter
On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 04:22:26PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > I'd rather fix the 1.3r2 problem and go back to 1.3.2, it's less confusing > > and only the greenest of users couldn't figure it out. > > Huh? Alexander is correct! What are you saying here -- you want to > change how the archive