Bug#403649: debian-policy: Should clarify package availability in "postrm remove"

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

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Hi Frank,

Frank Küster wrote:

> Current Policy says:
>
> ,---- 7.2 Binary Dependencies
> | The Depends field should also be used if the postinst, prerm or
> | postrm scripts require the package to be present in order to
> | run. Note, however, that the postrm cannot rely on any
> | non-essential packages to be present during the purge phase.
> `----
>
> I suggest to add to the second sentence: ", and that only the postinst 
> script can rely on the package to be configured."

Does the patch in [1] look reasonable?

Thanks,
Jonathan

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=351;bug=504880