Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.9.2.0
Severity: normal
Dear all,
here is a patch that updates §9.10: now that doc-base uses triggers, I think it
is better to simply recommend to install the control files in
/usr/share/doc-base/, instead of recommending the use of install-doc.
Have a nice week-end,
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Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
>From 470380d2bc7c9740a006c298830350f68969a841 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:03:30 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Do not recommend to call install-docs, as it is triggered
automatically.
---
policy.sgml | 8 +++++---
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index bb424ed..e841bdf 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -7496,9 +7496,11 @@ exec /usr/lib/foo/foo "$@"
package that provides online documentation (other than just
manual pages) to register these documents with
<package>doc-base</package> by installing a
- <package>doc-base</package> control file via the
- <prgn/install-docs/ script at installation time and
- de-register the manuals again when the package is removed.
+ <package>doc-base</package> control file in
+ <file>/usr/share/doc-base/</file>.<footnote>Since version 0.8.11,
+ <package>doc-base</package> uses <package>dpkg</package> triggers
+ to call the <prgn>install-docs</prgn> script at installation time and
+ de-register the manuals again when the package is removed.</footnote>
</p>
<p>
Please refer to the documentation that comes with the
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1.7.5.4
