Bug#538665: debian-policy: "Info documents" section is outdated
Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> writes:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:56:18AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> I'm happy to add a statement that packages should depend on dpkg (>=
>> 1.15.4) | install-info if they contain info documents. I think that's
>> a reasonable thing to do as part of the transition. Would that address
>> these two concerns?
> Yes, I would second the proposal with such an amendment.
Here's a proposed patch to the previous wording.
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -8867,7 +8867,10 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
scripts. This is no longer necessary. The installation
system now uses dpkg triggers.
</footnote>
- This file must not be included in packages.
+ This file must not be included in packages. Packages containing
+ info documents should depend on <tt>dpkg (>= 1.15.4) |
+ install-info</tt> to ensure that the directory file is properly
+ rebuilt during upgrades from Debian 5.0 (lenny) and earlier.
</p>
<p>
Does that look good to everyone?
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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