Le Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 08:46:03AM +0200, Raphaël Hertzog a écrit : > We should thus modify the policy to say: > > 1/ that the changelog and copyright files ought to be installed in the > DEBIAN directory along with the other control files > > (this will require changes in dh_installdocs and dh_installchangelogs) > > 2/ that programs that want to retrieve the changelog and/or copyright file > of an installed package should try to use "dpkg-query --control-show <pkg> > <changelog|copyrigh>" and fall back to the usual path if that fails. > > Those interfaces are available in wheezy's dpkg (>= 1.16.5). > > 3/ that programs that want to retrieve the changelog and/or copyright file > of a .deb file should use dpkg-deb -I <file> <changelog|copyrigh>" (or > look for the changelog/copyright file in the directory extracted > with dpkg-deb -e <file>)
For the record, I have started a related discussion on debian-devel. http://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20120714004835.gb8...@falafel.plessy.net -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120714010448.ga18...@plessy.org
