Bug#819660: explicitly allow building automatic debug symbols packages not listed in control

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> writes:
> On Sat, 31 Dec 2016, Russ Allbery wrote:

>> >>The first paragraph of the control file contains information about the
>> >>source package in general. The subsequent sets each describe a binary
>> >>package that the source tree builds. All the binary packages have a
>> >>corresponding paragraph, except for the possible automatic debug
>> >>packages that do not require one.
>> 
>> > There may be better ways to phrase this, but I think there is still a
>> > need for some clarification about this.
>> 
>> Seems reasonable to me.  Seconded.

> Seconded.

I massaged the wording a bit.  Here's what I committed for the next
release:

--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2680,9 +2680,12 @@ Package: libc6
        </p>
 
        <p>
-         The first paragraph of the control file contains information about
-         the source package in general. The subsequent sets each describe a
-         binary package that the source tree builds.
+         The first paragraph of the control file contains information
+         about the source package in general.  The subsequent paragraphs
+         each describe a binary package that the source tree builds.
+         Each binary package built from this source package has a
+         corresponding paragraph, except for any automatically-generated
+         debug packages that do not require one.
        </p>
 
        <p>

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>