Bug#77650: outdated references to FHS
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.2.1.0
There are a few outdated references to the FHS in the Policy Manual.
The appended patch cleans up those I found.
Matt
--- policy.sgml.orig Tue Nov 21 10:41:49 2000
+++ policy.sgml Tue Nov 21 11:20:08 2000
@@ -1136,12 +1136,7 @@
comply with the Linux File system Hierarchy Standard
(FHS). The latest version of this document can be found
alongside this manual or on
- <url id="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/";>.<footnote>
- <p>The Debian distribution currently distributes a draft
- version of FHS 2.1 because several significant details
- have changed between the currently released 2.0
- version and the to-be-released 2.1 version.</p>
- </footnote>
+ <url id="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/";>.
Specific questions about following the standard may be
asked on <prgn>debian-devel</prgn>, or referred to Daniel
Quinlan, the FHS coordinator, at
@@ -1169,9 +1164,9 @@
<tt>/usr/local</tt>, not <em>in</em>
<tt>/usr/local</tt>. Packages must not create sub-directories
in the directory <tt>/usr/local</tt> itself, except those listed in
- FHS, section 4.6. However, you may create directories
+ FHS, section 4.5. However, you may create directories
below them as you wish. You must not remove any of the
- directories listed in 4.6, even if you created them.</p>
+ directories listed in 4.5, even if you created them.</p>
<p>
Since <tt>/usr/local</tt> can be mounted read-only from a
@@ -3191,8 +3186,8 @@
<p>
The <prgn>rmail</prgn> program used by UUCP
- for incoming mail should be <tt>/usr/sbin/rmail</tt>, as per the
- FHS. Likewise, <prgn>rsmtp</prgn>, for receiving
+ for incoming mail should be <tt>/usr/sbin/rmail</tt>.
+ Likewise, <prgn>rsmtp</prgn>, for receiving
batch-SMTP-over-UUCP, should be <tt>/usr/sbin/rsmtp</tt> if it
is supported.</p>
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