Re: deb-check 0.1 uploaded to master.debian.org
> aj > 3.2.5 /usr/doc/package/changelog.Debian.gz and
> aj > /usr/doc/package/changelog.upstream.gz.
> aj >
> aj > This installed file must contain a copy of the debian/changelog file
> aj > from your Debian source tree, and a copy of the upstream changelog
> aj > file if there is one. They should usually be installed in
> aj > /usr/doc/package as changelog.Debian.gz and changelog.gz respectively.
> aj >
> aj > Both should be installed compressed using gzip -9, as they will become
> aj > large with time even if they start out small.
>
> This provision was made with a rules file in mind where you have a gzip
> command to do the compression in view of a larger file for the future.
> debmake can make the decision based on the current size of the file.
> I think that fits in the policy.
i changed this with version 0.2 of deb-check. nearly everything checked
by deb-check is already done correctly by debstd, so what about
checking for valid man pages in debstd ? if debstd can do this i can
dump deb-check :-)
> aj > If the package has only one changelog which is used both as the Debian
> aj > changelog and the upstream one because there is no separate upstream
> aj > maintainer then that changelog should usually be installed as
> aj > /usr/doc/package/changelog.gz; if there is a separate upstream
> aj > maintainer, but no upstream changelog, then the Debian changelog
> aj > should still be called changelog.Debian.gz.
> aj >
> aj >the manual should be fixed (changelog.upstream.gz <-> changelog.gz).
>
> debmake installs changelog.upstream
>
ok. i patched deb-check to look for several possibilities.
another thing for the policy : give some hints how to handle
multi-packages : only one doc-dir, using symlinks ...
regards andreas
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