Processed: reassign 688220 to debian-policy

2012-09-20 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reassign 688220 debian-policy Bug #688220 [src:debian-policy] debian-policy: Typo in path to shlibs files in /var/lib/dpkg/info (8.6.4.1) Bug reassigned from package 'src:debian-policy' to 'debian-policy'. No longer marked as found in versions de

Bug#688251: Built-Using description too aggressive

2012-09-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Package: debian-policy Severity: normal Based on discussion in debian-devel, the current Built-Using description would imply that it had to be present for, say, the code from libgcc incorporated into every binary build. The description should be modified to be clear that it is only mandatory if t

Bug#688220: debian-policy: Typo in path to shlibs files in /var/lib/dpkg/info (8.6.4.1)

2012-09-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Salvatore Bonaccorso writes: > There seems to be a small typo in 8.6.4.1 refering to the path where > *.shlibs files are located? It says currently: > The shlibs control files for all the packages currently installed on > the system. These are normally found in /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.symbols, > bu

Bug#71621: Policy on update-alternatives still needed

2012-09-20 Thread Bill Allombert
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 05:00:27PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Colin Watson , 2008-03-12, 10:00: > >I recently ran into this yet again, with a set of packages (scim > >et al) calling update-alternatives --remove in 'prerm upgrade', > >and thereby breaking user configuration on every upgrade. I do

Bug#71621: Policy on update-alternatives still needed

2012-09-20 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Colin Watson , 2008-03-12, 10:00: I recently ran into this yet again, with a set of packages (scim et al) calling update-alternatives --remove in 'prerm upgrade', and thereby breaking user configuration on every upgrade. I do not think that the issue has got significantly better in the 7.5 ye

Bug#688220: debian-policy: Typo in path to shlibs files in /var/lib/dpkg/info (8.6.4.1)

2012-09-20 Thread Salvatore Bonaccorso
Source: debian-policy Version: 3.9.4.0 Severity: minor Tags: patch -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi There seems to be a small typo in 8.6.4.1 refering to the path where *.shlibs files are located? It says currently: The shlibs control files for all the packages currently insta