On 20/09/11 06:24 PM, Paul Wise wrote:
> In my intended case I believe they always end up with foo from main,
> only if they choose foo-contrib will they get it, which is how I think
> it should be. main should not reference packages from contrib/non-free
> in any way.
If that's how it works, then
On 09/20/2011 08:43 AM, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> Package: bar
> Depends: foo
>
> Package: foo-contrib
> Provides: foo
While that neatly sidesteps the issue, 7.5 says:
To specify which of a set of real packages should be the default to
The pkg-games project has discussed in the past that "Arcade" is a poor
category, and yet it is preserved in this new menu proposal.
The thread starts here:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-games-devel/2006-January/47.html
Please note that since that time, we have moved back to t
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In case you haven't guessed by now, I'm doing a complete read of
Policy front to back, something which in all these years of being
with Debian I have never done. I'm wondering how many other DDs
are in the same position. I will cer
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In Debian Policy 3.5.6.0 section 10.2.1 it says:
Packages other than base-passwd must not modify /etc/passwd,
/etc/shadow, /etc/group or /etc/gshadow.
This is followed by a discussion about how packages can modify these
fil
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Debian Policy 3.5.6.0 section 10.5 says:
(Note that entries in the `/etc/cron.d' directory are not handled by
`anacron'. Thus, you should only use this directory for jobs which
may be skipped if the system is not running.)
I f
do/does/ or s/to do/determines/
And:
"A package should needs to depend on the libraries it directly uses ..."
s/should //
Thanks,
Ben Armstrong
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On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 03:50:23PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 09:08:16AM -0400, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> > In policy section 2.3.8.1 there are two inconsistent spellings of the
> > word "dependencies" as "dependancies". While c
it
should be fixed to make it consistent.
Thanks,
Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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