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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> (&gt;= 2.1.3-13), or on
> -	    <package>base-files</package> (&gt;= 2.2.0), or on later
> -	    versions of either one of these packages.
>  	  </p>
>  	</sect1>
>        </sect>

Seconded.

Cheers,
Julien



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