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Bug#165063: debian-policy: Section `12.8.3 Packages providing a terminal emulator' fails to sufficently document the -e option



On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 09:30:35PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 09:41:15AM +0000, Jonathan David Amery wrote:
> > I suggest that the following patch be applied to policy in order to
> > resolve this issue:
> > 
> > --- policy.sgml.old	Fri Nov 15 09:30:47 2002
> > +++ policy.sgml	Fri Nov 15 09:36:16 2002
> > @@ -6982,9 +6982,12 @@
> >  		      emulator application were so coded, be a new
> >  		      "view" in a multiple-document interface (MDI).
> >  		    </p>
> >  		  </footnote>
> > -		  and runs the specified <var>command</var>.
> > +		  and runs the specified <var>command</var>, 
> > +		  interpreting the entirity of the rest of the command
> > +		  line as a command to pass straight to exec, in the 
> > +		  manner that <tt>xterm</tt> does.
> >  		</p></item>
> >  
> >  	      <item><p>
> >  		  Support the command-line option <tt>-T
> 
> Seconded.

It has been pointed out to me that:

s/entirity/entirety/

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