On 03-08-13 08:40, Charles Plessy wrote: > tag 676784 pending > thanks > > Le Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 10:13:37PM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : >> >> Unless there is objection, I will add the note in parenthesis as a >> non-normative change, and then mark the bug pending. > > Hello everybody, > > here is what I pushed. > > diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog > index fe4a858..bc23f5c 100644 > --- a/debian/changelog > +++ b/debian/changelog > @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ debian-policy (3.9.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low > Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn. > * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones. > Closes: #705403 > + * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784) > > -- Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:32:46 -0700 > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 953d5d2..cb1093f 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -8853,7 +8853,9 @@ ln -fs ../sbin/sendmail debian/tmp/usr/bin/runq > </p> > > <p> > - A symbolic link pointing to a compressed file should always > + A symbolic link pointing to a compressed file (in the sense > + that it is meant to be uncompressed with <prgn>unzip</prgn>
This should be "gunzip", not just "unzip". The latter unpacks the ".zip" format, not the ".gz" one, which is significantly different. > + or <prgn>zless</prgn> etc.) should always > have the same file extension as the referenced file. (For > example, if a file <file>foo.gz</file> is referenced by a > symbolic link, the filename of the link has to end with > > > Cheers, > -- This end should point toward the ground if you want to go to space. If it starts pointing toward space you are having a bad problem and you will not go to space today. -- http://xkcd.com/1133/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org