Bug#534638: debian-policy: Section about Info documents needs to be updated
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 01:38:47AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > > Since the upload of install-info to sid, packages installing info
> > > documentation should no more call install-info in their postinst.
> > > It is now automatically done by the file trigger provided by the
> > > install-info package.
> >
> > What about partial lenny to squeeze upgrade ?
> > Lenny does not provide such a trigger.
>
> We already had this discussion here:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=528892
Sure but this seems a more proper forum.
> The worst that can happen is that they install a new package from squeeze
> and its info file doesn't appear in the main menu. It's still accessible
> via "info <name>".
But it is still a bug.
> You can add dependency to a newer dpkg or install-info if you care, but it's
> counter productive.
Since clean partial upgrade are a requirement, I do not see how this can
be counter productive. Debian policy should not mandate rules that cause
packages to break other rules.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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