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Bug#538665: debian-policy: "Info documents" section is outdated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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