On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 01:21:09PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > 11.2, penultimate paragraph reads:
> > Packages that use libtool to create shared libraries should
> > include the _.la_ files in the _-dev_ packages, with the
> > exception that if the package relies on libtool's _libltdl_
> > library, in which case the .la files must go in the run-time
> > library package. >>>This<<< is a good idea in general, and
> > especially for static linking issues.
> >
> > What does the indicated "This" refer to -- that packages should
> > include the .la files in the -dev or run-time package?
>
> -dev
Now I'm really confused; policy already says that packages "should"
include .la files in the -dev package; why are we then saying "This is
a good idea in general"? Perhaps this should be a rationale/footnote?
> > 11.7.5 What does the following mean?
> >
> > However, programs that require dotfiles in order to operate
> > sensibly (dotfiles that they do not create themselves
> > automatically, that is) are a bad thing, and programs should be
> > configured by the Debian default installation as close to normal
> > as possible.
> >
> > (It's the last part I don't understand.)
>
> It should be a seperate sentence, indicating maintainers should put all kinds
> of non-standard stuff in default configuration files.
s/should/should not/, I presume.
> > If you need a statically allocated id, you must ask for a user or
> > group id from the base system maintainer, and must not release
> > the package until you have been allocated one.
>
> There is no `base system maintainer', that should be the `base-passwd
> maintainer' instead.
Noted.
> > 12.2 The last para reads:
> >
> > If a package wants to install an example entry into
> > `/etc/inetd.conf', the entry must be preceded with exactly one
> > hash character (`#'). Such lines are treated as `commented out
> > by user' by the `update-inetd' script and are not changed or
> > activated during a package updates.
> >
> > This isn't very meaningful as it stands.
>
> Makes perfect sense to me..
In context, there is no mention of how to install entries into
/etc/inetd.conf at all, and suddenly this paragraph appears. It
should probably be either removed or placed in some better context.
Julian
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