Re: Bug#42634: PROPOSAL] Automatic migration to /usr/share/doc

1999-08-19 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Anthony Towns wrote: > > * Base-files should be changed. > > * Base-files must require that the fixed dpkg is installed. > > If base-files doesn't depend/pre-depend on dpkg, downgrading dpkg and > downgrading any other deb that uses /usr/share/doc will lose all its > docu

Bug#42634: PROPOSAL] Automatic migration to /usr/share/doc

1999-08-19 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 08:39:37PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Instead, I propose that: > * Any dpkg bug in this area be fixed. If I can figure out what people > claim the bug is I'll fix it. (I won't build an NMU, but we seem to > have no shortage of people willing to do dpkg NMUs.) Please fix

Bug#42634: PROPOSAL] Automatic migration to /usr/share/doc

1999-08-18 Thread Kristoffer . Rose
Ian proposes the following wrt /usr/doc vs /usr/share/doc: > * Any dpkg bug in this area be fixed. If I can figure out what people > claim the bug is I'll fix it. (I won't build an NMU, but we seem to > have no shortage of people willing to do dpkg NMUs.) The bug was explained to me in the seco

Bug#42634: PROPOSAL] Automatic migration to /usr/share/doc

1999-08-17 Thread Ian Jackson
Mike Goldman writes ("Bug#42634: [PROPOSAL] Automatic migration to /usr/share/doc"): > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.0.1.0 > > Following up my objection to #42477, I propose the following transitional > plan for migrating files from /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc when

Bug#42634: [PROPOSAL] Automatic migration to /usr/share/doc

1999-08-08 Thread Mike Goldman
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.0.1.0 Following up my objection to #42477, I propose the following transitional plan for migrating files from /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc when potato releases. 1. Base-files should be modified to execute a script, automatically migrating all directories in /usr/d