Bug#1089110: [PATCH] Document that packages cannot require man / info / locale files
On Sat, Jan 04, 2025 at 12:54:20PM +0100, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> * Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> [250104 12:21]:
> > > > Secondly, I just found a package that fails if /usr/share/doc is
> > > > removed, so I wonder how far we can actually validate this.
> > >
> > > We've had that restriction in place for a long time, so that package is
> > > just buggy, I think.
> >
> > Precisely, the package in question was not changed since that policy was in
> > effect. Debian was not able to detect this problem for so long so policy
> > promising otherwise might not quite reflect the state of the distribution.
>
> Given the container images have shipped for years with this dpkg config:
>
> path-exclude /usr/share/doc/*
>
> I wonder if the package in question just is not very relevant in
> assessing the state of the distribution.
Debian policy is meant to apply even to packages that are not usually part of
container images.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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