Bug#85503: marked as done (section 3.1 of policy is confused)
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Subject: section 3.1 of policy is confused
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.5.0.0
Severity: normal
3.1:
When writing the control files for Debian packages you must read the Debian
policy manual in conjunction with the details below and the list of fields for
the particular file.
-- end quote
'must read the Debian policy manual', but I *am* reading the Debian policy
manual. Is this an artifact of the packaging-manual being absorbed? Or should
it read 'packaging manual'?
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux geisha 2.2.18pre11 #1 SMP Mon Oct 2 17:40:32 PDT 2000 i686
Versions of packages debian-policy depends on:
ii fileutils 4.0.37-1 GNU file management utilities.
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From: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>
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Installing:
debian-policy_3.5.4.0.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.4.0.tar.gz
fhs.txt byhand
fhs-2.1.html.tar.gz byhand
policy.txt.gz byhand
perl-policy.txt.gz byhand
debian-policy_3.5.4.0.dsc
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.4.0.dsc
menu-policy.txt.gz byhand
mime-policy.txt.gz byhand
virtual-package-names-list.txt byhand
policy.pdf.gz byhand
debconf_specification.txt.gz byhand
policy.html.tar.gz byhand
libc6-migration.txt byhand
debian-policy_3.5.4.0_all.deb
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.4.0_all.deb
policy.ps.gz byhand
Changes: debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
* [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
* [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
* Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
Julian's fixes:
* Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
* Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
closes: Bug#86436
* Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
Julian
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