On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 01:21:09PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > 11.2, penultimate paragraph reads:
> > Packages that use libtool to create shared libraries should
> > include the _.la_ files in the _-dev_ packages, with the
> > exception that i
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 01:21:09PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> I'm not quite sure why newaliases is obgliatory, exim doesn't need it
> for example.
It's compulsory so scripts that add an alias can just add it to
/etc/aliases and run newaliases, and be assured everything will've worked
correct
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 09:48:20PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> 11.7.5 What does the following mean?
>
> However, programs that require dotfiles in order to operate
> sensibly (dotfiles that they do not create themselves
> automatically, that is) are a bad thing, and programs shou
Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> read the paragraph, at least. Having said that, I suspect that it's
> more robust to do the adduser in the postinst than in the preinst,
Since adduser is not essential, it has to go into postinst unless there is
a predependency.
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Previously Julian Gilbey wrote:
> 11.2, penultimate paragraph reads:
> Packages that use libtool to create shared libraries should
> include the _.la_ files in the _-dev_ packages, with the
> exception that if the package relies on libtool's _libltdl_
> library, in which case th
On Apr 02, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> 11.9 Statically allocated ids:
>
> If you need a statically allocated id, you must ask for a user or
> group id from the base system maintainer, and must not release
> the package until you have been allocated one. Once you have
> been allocat
Here's the last installment of my comments on the existing policy
document
11.2, describing .la files:
"[they] contain a lot of useful info ... (e.g. dependency
libraries for static linking)"
Would "dependency information" be better?
11.2, penultimate paragraph reads:
Pack
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