Bug#70643: debian-policy: [PATCH] Typo in build-essential
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.2.1.0
----- Forwarded message from Matt Zimmerman <mdz@csh.rit.edu> -----
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:49:56 -0400
From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@csh.rit.edu>
To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#70269: automatic build fails for potato
Mail-Followup-To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 08:51:47PM +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> The definition is the following:
>
> It is not be necessary to explicitly specify build-time relationships
> on a minimal set of packages that are always needed to compile, link
> and put in a Debian package a standard "Hello World!" program written
> in C or C++. The required packages are called _build-essential_, and
> an informational list can be found in
> `/usr/share/doc/build-essential/list' (which is contained in the
> `build-essential' package).
>
> (Debian Policy v. 3.2.1.0, section 2.4.2.)
I can't find a bug open regarding the obvious grammatical error at the
beginning of this paragraph ("It is not be"). Is someone aware of it
nonetheless?
I imagine it should read "It is not necessary...".
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- mdz
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Julian
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