Re: Debian appears to be ancient
> John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> writes:
>
> Edward Betts writes:
> > Are you sure it was /usr/doc/copyright/base ?
>
> hasler/~ ll /usr/doc/copyright/base
> total 2
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1197 Dec 31 1969 debian.README
>
> So what package does it come from, then, and what version?
It's in the "base" package, which on my system is version 1.1.0-14.
The package itself was split a long time ago into several other
packages, but because it contains several hard-to-upgrade files (e.g.,
/dev/*), it can't be removed from systems which contain it. The
upgrade would totally trash the system.
Newer installs don't have that problem, it's just the older installs.
> It's also not in Contents-i386 for stable, frozen, or unstable AFAICT.
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