Bug#538665: debian-policy: "Info documents" section is outdated
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Russ Allbery wrote:
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -8867,7 +8867,10 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
> scripts. This is no longer necessary. The installation
> system now uses dpkg triggers.
> </footnote>
> - This file must not be included in packages.
> + This file must not be included in packages. Packages containing
> + info documents should depend on <tt>dpkg (>= 1.15.4) |
> + install-info</tt> to ensure that the directory file is properly
> + rebuilt during upgrades from Debian 5.0 (lenny) and earlier.
> </p>
>
> <p>
>
> Does that look good to everyone?
Yes, but it really concerns partial upgrades only. So you might want to
say so (s/upgrades/partial upgrades/).
Cheers,
--
Raphaël Hertzog
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