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Bug#880992: marked as done (debian-policy should not recommend running editor using absolute path)

Your message dated Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:48:45 +0000
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and subject line Bug#880992: fixed in debian-policy 4.1.3.0
has caused the Debian Bug report #880992,
regarding debian-policy should not recommend running editor using absolute path
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.1.0.0

Policy 11.4 sayeth:

	11.4. Editors and pagers

	Some programs have the ability to launch an editor or pager
	program to edit or display a text document. Since there are
	lots of different editors and pagers available in the Debian
	distribution, the system administrator and each user should
	have the possibility to choose their preferred editor and pager.

	In addition, every program should choose a good default
	editor/pager if none is selected by the user or system
	administrator.

	Thus, every program that launches an editor or pager must use
	the EDITOR or PAGER environment variable to determine the
	editor or pager the user wishes to use. If these variables are
	not set, the programs /usr/bin/editor and /usr/bin/pager
	should be used, respectively.

If read strictly, this says that I must use "/usr/bin/editor" instead
of invoking "editor" from the $PATH.  (I'm not sure I agree with that
interpretation, but it came up in https://bugs.debian.org/682347.)
Running "editor" from the $PATH instead of using that full path should
be perfectly acceptable and IMHO is a better behavior, since it allows
the user to put a custom editor in /usr/local/bin or $HOME/bin.

Could this say something like

	not set, the commands "editor" and "pager" should be used,
	respectively. These commands can be invoked explicitly (e.g.
	as /usr/bin/editor), or through a $PATH search (e.g. as
	editor).

?

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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 4.1.3.0

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 880992@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:13:55 +0000
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: all source
Version: 4.1.3.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Policy Editors <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Closes: 522163 601455 661496 688251 810381 859649 874090 874095 880992 882628 885219
Description: 
 debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Changes:
 debian-policy (4.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Sean Whitton ]
   * Policy: Add CC0-1.0 to common-licenses
     Wording: Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org>
     Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
     Seconded: Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>
     Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
     Closes: #859649, #882628
   * Policy: Clarify when Built-Using should be used
     Wording: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
     Closes: #688251
   * Policy: Use update-rc.d's defaults-disabled instead of DISABLED=yes
     Wording: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se>
     Closes: #522163, #601455, #661496
     - Also explain how the local administrator can enable/disable
       autostarting daemons using update-rc.d.
   * Point Vcs-* fields at salsa.debian.org.
   * README: update references & URIs alioth->salsa
   * Maintainer field: "Debian Policy List"->"Debian Policy Editors"
     To match our new group on salsa.debian.org.
 .
   [ Russ Allbery ]
   * Policy: Recommend that Vcs-* URLs provide confidentiality
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
     Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
     Closes: #810381
   * Policy: Clarify that programs may search PATH for editor and pager
     Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
     Closes: #880992
   * Policy: Allow libc to install files in /lib64
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
     Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
     Closes: #885219
   * Use the term synopsis consistently in copyright-format.  Thanks, Ben
     Finney.  (Closes: #874095)
   * Fix various minor wording issues and add additional cross-references
     in copyright-format.  Thanks, Ben Finney.  (Closes: #874090)
   * Adapt tools/license-count to run against ftp-master metadata instead
     of the Lintian lab, add patterns for CC0-1.0, and add some comments on
     how to run this tool.
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