Bug#53760: marked as done ([ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults policy)
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From: Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 19:51:47 -0500
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Subject: [PROPOSED] revision of X application-defaults policy
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.1.1.1
Severity: wishlist
Mostly a semantic revision, but also clarifies the language to properly
address the package maintainer, not the system administrator, as to how to
manage /etc/X11/Xresources.
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--- policy.sgml.orig Wed Dec 29 17:01:51 1999
+++ policy.sgml Wed Dec 29 17:24:15 1999
@@ -3140,21 +3140,20 @@
without) of your package.</p>
<p>
- <em>Application defaults</em> files have to be installed in
- the directory <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/</tt>.
- They are considered as part of the program code. Thus, they
- should not be modified and should not be tagged as
- <em>conffile</em>s nor otherwise treated as configuration
- files. If the local system administrator wants
- to customize X applications globally, a file with the same
- name as that of the package should be placed in the
- <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources/</tt> directory instead.
+ <em>Application defaults</em> files must be installed in the
+ directory <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/</tt>. They should
+ not be registered as <em>conffile</em>s or otherwise treated as
+ configuration files. Customization of programs' X resources may
+ be supported with the provision of a file with the same name as
+ that of the package placed in the <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources/</tt>
+ directory, which should be registered as a <em>conffile</em>.
<em>Important:</em> packages that install files into the
- <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources/</tt> directory <em>must</em>
- declare a conflict with <tt>xbase (<<
- 3.3.2.3a-2)</tt>; if this is not done it is possible for the
- package to destroy a previously-existing
- <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources</tt> <em>file</em>.</p>
+ <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources/</tt> directory <em>must</em> declare a
+ conflict with <tt>xbase (<< 3.3.2.3a-2)</tt>; if this is
+ not done it is possible for the installing package to destroy a
+ previously-existing <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources</tt> <em>file</em>
+ which had been customized by the system administrator.</p>
+ </p>
<p>
No package should ever install files into the directories
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From: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>
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Subject: Closed in debian-policy 3.2.0.0
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These bugs have been closed in policy version 3.2.0.0.
Thanks Manoj!
Julian
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