Bug#669915: debian-policy: §12.2 recommends possibly unneeded dependency (for Wheezy)
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> Is there another example of programs that are noisy about their
> progress that could be used to make this concrete?
> A quick web search finds bug#508086. So, maybe:
> This means, amongst other things, not passing the
> <tt>--verbose</tt> option to <prgn>update-alternatives</prgn>.
Good idea.
>> @@ -3969,8 +3967,7 @@ Checksums-Sha256:
>> Programs called from maintainer scripts should not normally
>> have a path prepended to them. Before installation is
>> started, the package management system checks to see if the
>> - programs <prgn>ldconfig</prgn>,
>> - <prgn>start-stop-daemon</prgn>, <prgn>install-info</prgn>,
>> + programs <prgn>ldconfig</prgn>, <prgn>start-stop-daemon</prgn>,
>> and <prgn>update-rc.d</prgn> can be found via the
>> <tt>PATH</tt> environment variable.
> Trivia: the current list is sh, rm, tar, find, dpkg-deb, ldconfig,
> start-stop-daemon. I think what you have here is fine.
Although that does imply that we should drop update-rc.d.
> How about something like the following?
> <p>
> The install-info program maintains a directory of installed
> info documents in /usr/share/info/dir for the use of info
> readers. This file must not be included in packages other
> than <package>install-info</package>.
> </p>
> <p>
> <prgn>install-info</prgn> is automatically invoked when
> appropriate using dpkg triggers. Packages other than
> <package>install-info</package> <em>should not</em> invoke
> <prgn>install-info</prgn> directly and <em>should not</em>
> depend on, recommend, or suggest <package>install-info</package>
> for this purpose.
> </p>
> <p>
> Info readers requiring the /usr/share/info/dir file should
> depend on <package>install-info</package>.
> </p>
That looks even better. Also seconded.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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