Bug#538665: debian-policy: "Info documents" section is outdated
Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> writes:
> 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/).
Okay, I'll make that change.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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