Bug#522364: debian-policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 21:57 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> index 975df94..a5c9d13 100644
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -5697,12 +5697,6 @@ rmdir /usr/local/share/emacs 2>/dev/null || true
> by any particular mail agents. The use of the old
> location <file>/var/spool/mail</file> is deprecated, even
> though the spool may still be physically located there.
> - To maintain partial upgrade compatibility for systems
> - which have <file>/var/spool/mail</file> as their physical mail
> - spool, packages using <file>/var/mail</file> must depend on
> - either <package>libc6</package> (>= 2.1.3-13), or on
> - <package>base-files</package> (>= 2.2.0), or on later
> - versions of either one of these packages.
> </p>
> </sect1>
> </sect>
Seconded.
Cheers,
Julien
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