Bug#538665: debian-policy: "Info documents" section is outdated
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:14:16PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> 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.
One can argue that a full upgrade is just a sequence of partial upgrades,
though this certainly makes 's/upgrades/partial upgrades/' more accurate.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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