Update to include information about dh_perl. Current version is at
http://people.debian.org/~bod/perl-policy/perl-policy.sgml
--- perl-policy.sgml.orig Tue Feb 13 18:17:18 2001
+++ perl-policy.sgmlTue Feb 13 20:10:06 2001
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
Brendan O'Dea
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Package: packaging-manual
Version: 3.2.1.0
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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 00:19:56 +0100
From: Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: about dpkg:UpstreamVersion and dpkg:Version substvars
To: debian-policy@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTEC
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.5.0.0
Severity: wishlist
On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 10:43:09AM +0200, Arthur Korn wrote:
> Hi
>
> Probably it should be clearly stated in policy that the cron.*
> scripts may be quiet if no errors are encountered.
>
> Running logcheck can be really amusing sometime
On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 01:05:38PM -0800, Matt Kraai wrote:
> Section 2.2 of the packaging manual says that the postinst script should
> be idempotent. Section 3.1.2 of the Policy Manual suggests the
> following code to remove directories under /usr/local:
>
> rmdir /usr/local/lib/emacs/site-lisp
On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 01:15:00PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> packaging manual is a little unclear. When do I call ldconfig? It is clear
> that I should call it only for the configure case in my postinst script. But
> do I call it at all in my pre/postrm scripts? The manual simply says
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: jdg Tue Feb 13 04:03:57 PST 2001
Modified files:
. : policy.sgml virtual-package-names-list.text
debian : changelog
Log message:
* Removed defunct virtual package names (clo
Previously Anthony Towns wrote:
> It doesn't really; it only keeps better track of whether the .diff.gz
> and .orig.tar.gz are still needed than dinstall used to. It doesn't
> issue rejections or warnings to the maintainer or anything.
Sounds like it could be trivially enhanced to reject such chan
>>"Sean" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Sean> On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 01:38:53PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
>> This seems either a wishlist bug against dpkg (to always log output of
>> maintainer scripts), or a bug against packages that do output vitally
>> important infor
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes:
Anthony> "Starting internet superserver: inetd" doesn't seem like
Anthony> vitally important information, nor something worth having a
Anthony> "[Press enter to continue]" for. OTOH, it still seems worth
Anthony> printing, as discussed some time ago.
An
retitle 81852 [AMENDMENT 07/02/2001] Allowing crypto in the main archive
thanks
This prososal now has the required number of seconds so I am
changing it to be a amemndment:
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> retitle 81852 [AMENDMENT 07/02/2001] Allowing crypto in the main archive
Bug#81852: [PROPOSAL] Allowing crypto in the main archive
Changed Bug title.
> thanks
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CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: jdg Tue Feb 13 07:54:35 PST 2001
Modified files:
. : virtual-package-names-list.text
debian : changelog
Log message:
* Correct date in virtual packages list
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: jdg Tue Feb 13 08:04:03 PST 2001
Modified files:
. : menu-policy.sgml mime-policy.sgml policy.sgml
debian : changelog
Log message:
* Removed Richard Braakman from list of ma
On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 10:19:05AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> 3.1:
>
> When writing the control files for Debian packages you must read the Debian
> policy manual in conjunction with the details below and the list of fields for
> the particular file.
>
> -- end quote
>
> 'must read the
On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 11:22:00AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.5.0.0
> Severity: minor
>
> 6.5
> In each case if an error occurs the actions in are general run backwards
> -- end quote
>
> not sure what the author meant here. I suspect 'in are' is tran
CVSROOT:/cvs/debian-policy
Module name:debian-policy
Changes by: jdg Tue Feb 13 08:21:14 PST 2001
Modified files:
. : policy-process.sgml policy.sgml
debian : changelog
Log message:
* Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean P
Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 10:43:09AM +0200, Arthur Korn wrote:
> > Probably it should be clearly stated in policy that the cron.*
> > scripts may be quiet if no errors are encountered.
> >
> > Running logcheck can be really amusing sometimes ... ;)
>
> What do people think of
On 20010213T084841-0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> I dislike it. It's possible some package will exist that is _designed_
> to fire off daily status reports by cron. We shouldn't prohibit such
> things without reason.
An example is vrms.
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Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 01:15:00PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> > packaging manual is a little unclear. When do I call ldconfig? It is clear
> > that I should call it only for the configure case in my postinst script.
> > But
> > do I call it at all in my pre/postr
On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 08:48:41AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 10:43:09AM +0200, Arthur Korn wrote:
> > > Probably it should be clearly stated in policy that the cron.*
> > > scripts may be quiet if no errors are encountered.
> > >
> > > Running logch
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 08:43:52PM +, Thom May wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Description: I suggested this to debian-devel and debian java
> some time ago, and received many supporting comments. Due to
> lack of time, i was never able to follow it up.
> "Well, the pr
Hi Julian
* Julian Gilbey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote :
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 08:43:52PM +, Thom May wrote:
> > Package: debian-policy
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > Description: I suggested this to debian-devel and debian java
> > some time ago, and received many supporting comments. Due to
On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 03:35:00PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> retitle 81852 [AMENDMENT 07/02/2001] Allowing crypto in the main archive
> thanks
For reference, I object to this proposal until we have the legal opinion
we've been waiting for ever since the government policy changed.
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