Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The goal is to ensure that the copyright file is always installed and
>> accurate for that binary package, so it must be impossible for it to be
>> symlinked to another package that isn't a dependency or that doe
Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1) The .deb file does not carry the copyright files, which is a bit
> problematic since users can download the .deb from the net and unpack
> it with 'ar x'. Displaying the copyright file of a .deb is made a
> much harder task. This affect packages.debia
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> It is common practice that /usr/share/doc// is a symlink to
>> /usr/share/doc// if Depends: .
>> Therefore I don't see why the copyright file couldn't be a symlink to
>> /usr/share/doc//copyright.
>
> When wou
On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 03:58:25PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't know whether this is a wording bug or actually a feature.
>
> , Policy 12.5
> | Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright
> | and distribution license in the file /usr/share/doc/package
Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It is common practice that /usr/share/doc// is a symlink to
> /usr/share/doc// if Depends: .
> Therefore I don't see why the copyright file couldn't be a symlink to
> /usr/share/doc//copyright.
When would you want to do this and not link the whole doc d
Hi,
I don't know whether this is a wording bug or actually a feature.
, Policy 12.5
| Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright
| and distribution license in the file /usr/share/doc/package/copyright.
| This file must neither be compressed nor be a symbolic link.
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