Package: developers-reference Version: 3.3.6 Severity: normal Tags: patch With respect to the "Debian menu update and /usr/share/menu transition" as outlined in <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/06/msg00013.html> the chapter "6.1.1 Helper scripts" appears to be outdated. The attached tiny patch fixes this issue. HTH, Flo
diff -Nru /tmp/PRL05EG69g/developers-reference-3.3.6/developers-reference.sgml /tmp/ymyRS1TjG3/developers-reference-3.3.7/developers-reference.sgml --- /tmp/PRL05EG69g/developers-reference-3.3.6/developers-reference.sgml 2005-03-25 16:22:35.000000000 +0100 +++ /tmp/ymyRS1TjG3/developers-reference-3.3.7/developers-reference.sgml 2005-11-20 14:47:23.000000000 +0100 @@ -3529,7 +3529,9 @@ The rationale for using helper scripts in <file>debian/rules</file> is that lets maintainers use and share common logic among many packages. Take for instance the question of installing menu entries: you need to -put the file into <file>/usr/lib/menu</file>, and add commands to the +put the file into <file>/usr/share/menu</file> (or +<file>/usr/lib/menu</file> for executable binary menufiles, if this is +needed), and add commands to the maintainer scripts to register and unregister the menu entries. Since this is a very common thing for packages to do, why should each maintainer rewrite all this on their own, sometimes with bugs? Also,
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