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Bug#868496: debian-policy: Please Clarify Need for update-fonts-dir in postinst and postrm Scripts



Hello Paul,

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 02:56:24AM -0700, Paul Hardy wrote:
> Then would you consider it acceptable to make some mention in a
> footnote to the effect that with the latest "dh" build tools, it isn't
> necessary to have postinst and postrm scripts in the debian directory
> for this purpose?  Because otherwise, someone who did not already know
> about this could misunderstand the implications of this requirement
> and create redundant postinst and postrm scripts.

The problem is that if we think there should be footnotes explaining
that there is a dh_* tool that takes care of the requirement, we would
then need new footnotes to almost every section of Policy.  That would
be a bad idea.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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