Bug#558229: Policy violation §12.3: postinst requires files in /usr/share/doc.
Package: console-setup
Version: 1.49
Severity: normal
When installing the emdebian "gripped" version of 1.49:
> Setting up console-setup (1.49em1) ...
> cat: /usr/share/doc/console-setup/examples/console-setup: No such file or directory
Relying on the existence of files in /usr/share/doc being installed
appears to be a policy violation:
> 12.3. Additional documentation
> ------------------------------
>
> [...] Packages must not require the existence of any files in
> `/usr/share/doc/' in order to function [1]. Any files that are
> referenced by programs but are also useful as stand alone
> documentation should be installed under `/usr/share/<package>/' with
> symbolic links from `/usr/share/doc/<package>'. [...]
>
> [1] The system administrator should be able to delete files in
> `/usr/share/doc/' without causing any programs to break.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages console-setup depends on:
ii console-terminus 4.30-2em1 Fixed-width fonts for fast reading
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28em1 Debian configuration management sy
ii keyboard-configuration 1.49 system-wide keyboard preferences
ii xkb-data 1.6-1em1 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
Versions of packages console-setup recommends:
ii kbd 1.15-4 Linux console font and keytable ut
Versions of packages console-setup suggests:
ii locales 2.10.1-7em1 GNU C Library: National Language (
ii lsb-base 4.0-0ubuntu3 Linux Standard Base 4.0 init scrip
-- debconf information:
* console-setup/variant: USA
console-setup/codeset47: . Combined - Latin; Slavic Cyrillic; Greek
console-setup/unsupported_options: true
console-setup/fontsize-text: 12x6
* console-setup/compose: No compose key
debian-installer/console-setup-udeb/title:
console-setup/other:
console-setup/ctrl_alt_bksp: false
console-setup/modelcode: pc105
console-setup/switch: No temporary switch
console-setup/unsupported_config_layout: true
console-setup/use_system_font:
console-setup/fontsize: 12x6
console-setup/unsupported_layout: true
* console-setup/charmap: UTF-8
console-setup/layoutcode: us
console-setup/fontface47: Terminus
console-setup/fontsize-text47: 12x6
console-setup/optionscode: ctrl:nocaps
debian-installer/console-setup/title:
* console-setup/unsupported_config_options: true
console-setup/charmap47: UTF-8
* console-setup/layout: USA
console-setup/variantcode:
console-setup/codesetcode: Uni2
* console-setup/dont_ask_layout:
* console-setup/altgr: The default for the keyboard layout
* console-setup/ttys: /dev/tty[1-6]
* console-setup/model: Generic 105-key (Intl) PC
* console-setup/fontsize-fb: 12x6
console-setup/fontsize-fb47: 12x6
* console-setup/codeset: . Combined - Latin; Slavic Cyrillic; Greek
console-setup/toggle: No toggling
* console-setup/fontface: Terminus
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