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Bug#992136: Don't require Standards-Version field when only udebs Standards-Version for udeb packages



On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 09:29:36PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> I'm fine with this change, but as Sam points out, the deeper point here is
> that Policy doesn't apply to udebs.  This is the whole point of udebs.

When you say it like this, it sounds to strong to me, if it were written in
-policy.

.udebs are allowed to break some rules, but not all. it's not ok to put
Microsoft Word in an udeb in main. there are many other rules .debs need to
comply to.

>     udebs (stripped-down binary packages used by the Debian Installer) do
>     not comply with all of the requirements discussed here. See the Debian
>     Installer internals manual for more information about them.
 
this sounds good to me.


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