Bug#904246: developers-reference: section 6.4 should recommend command -v, not which

2019-11-16 Thread gregor herrmann
On Sat, 16 Nov 2019 18:58:12 +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > > Additionally see the discussion in #747320, where Jakub Wilk does point > > out that maintainer scripts may assume /usr is mounted, so I'm not sure > > about this. > how is it relevant if /usr is mounted? if its not, both 'which' and '-v

Bug#904246: developers-reference: section 6.4 should recommend command -v, not which

2019-11-16 Thread Holger Levsen
hi Sean, On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 03:54:05PM +0800, Sean Whitton wrote: > Section 6.4 should perhaps recommend `command -v` not `which`, because > Debian Policy 4.1.5.0 allows maintainer scripts to assume SUSv4, which > requires support for `command -v`. three comments: a.) 'should perhaps' is a

Bug#944296: debian-policy: Source provenance requirement is WET

2019-11-16 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Sat 16 Nov 2019 at 04:13AM +01, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Sat, 2019-11-09 at 08:55:23 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: >> On Thu 07 Nov 2019 at 09:00AM -08, Russ Allbery wrote: >> > I'm in favor of dropping this information from debian/copyright and >> > instead writing some language saying t