Consistent location of files in -doc packages.

1999-08-26 Thread Brian Servis
As a user I would like it if Debian had a policy on the location of the 'Additional documentation' that is supplied in the -doc packages as per Section 6.3 of policy-manual 3.0.0.0. Many -doc packages place the actual documentation in the base package's /usr/{share/}doc/ directory while others pl

Re: Debian conflicts with FHS on /usr/include/{linux,asm}

1999-07-09 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 9 Jul, Scott Ellis wrote about "Re: Debian conflicts with FHS on /usr/include/{linux,asm} " > On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Brian Servis wrote: > >> *- On 9 Jul, Philip Hands wrote about "Re: Debian conflicts with FHS on >> /usr/include/{linux,asm} " >

Re: Debian conflicts with FHS on /usr/include/{linux,asm}

1999-07-09 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 9 Jul, Philip Hands wrote about "Re: Debian conflicts with FHS on /usr/include/{linux,asm} " >> > Finding that you cannot rebuild a package, that built perfectly >> > yesterday, simply because you decided to have a look at the latest >> > kernel source, is very depressing. >> >> Any Joe Us

Re: Debian conflicts with FHS on /usr/include/{linux,asm}

1999-07-09 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 9 Jul, Philip Hands wrote about "Re: Debian conflicts with FHS on /usr/include/{linux,asm}" > Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Yes and no. :) There is a default install that assumes #include >> is your current kernel version, and it does >> not prompt you for a -I to specif

Debian conflicts with FHS on /usr/include/{linux,asm}

1999-07-08 Thread Brian Servis
Just curious how Debian is going to stand on the FHS requirements for /usr/include kernel headers in section 6.1.5 of the FHS? Is the practice of including known good headers with libc6-dev going to continue? If so then the exception should be noted in the new policy manual. Quoting http://www.

Bug#32448: debian-policy: policy(section 3.3.4) still suggests /etc/rc.boot instead of /etc/rcS.d

1999-01-26 Thread Brian Servis
Package: debian-policy Version: 2.5.0.0 Section 3.3.4 of the policy manual still suggests the obsolete /etc/rc.boot instead of the sysvinit standard of /etc/rcS.d as mentioned in /usr/doc/sysvinit, man rc.boot, and lintian. -- System Information Debian Release: 2.1 Kernel Version: Linux brian 2