[SCM] dpkg's main repository branch, master, updated. 1.15.7.2-200-g205ac41

2010-07-26 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
The following commit has been merged in the master branch: commit 205ac41b166c9fd494cb61999dc3bfbc0315fea1 Author: Helge Kreutzmann deb...@helgefjell.de Date: Mon Jul 26 18:45:48 2010 +0200 Update German translation of manual pages Update to 1935t. diff --git a/man/po/de.po

Re: Bug#504880: Disambiguate installed for packages

2010-07-26 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: I don't think it's a whoops, but it is true that Breaks is asymmetric and it's specifically the /broken/ package that is deconfigured when the /breaking/ package is unpacked, and I think Policy should be clear about this. (Yes, the fact that the

Re: Bug#504880: Disambiguate installed for packages

2010-07-26 Thread Russ Allbery
Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com writes: Russ Allbery wrote: I found the original awkward and hard to puzzle out. How about this: p Since ttDepends/tt only places requirements on the order in which packages are configured, packages in an installation run are

Re: Bug#504880: Disambiguate installed for packages

2010-07-26 Thread Russ Allbery
Here is an updated version of the proposed patch, reflecting additional feedback. I think we should hopefully be close to a final wording now. diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index e5134ed..9e8689e 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -1079,10 +1079,10 @@ /p p -

Re: Bug#504880: Disambiguate installed for packages

2010-07-26 Thread Russ Allbery
Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com writes: Russ Allbery wrote: I think we should hopefully be close to a final wording now. Indeed! All I have left are copy-edits (patch below). Thanks! Applied to my copy. @@ -5048,7 +5132,7 @@ Provides: mail-transport-agent Conflicts:

mail-transport-agent (Re: Bug#504880: Disambiguate installed for packages)

2010-07-26 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Russ Allbery wrote: Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com writes: Aside: is this advice right? Maybe we should be encouraging Provides: mail-transport-agent Breaks: mail-transport-agent Replaces: mail-transport-agent instead. [...] newaliases programs have to match whatever MTA is

Re: mail-transport-agent (Re: Bug#504880: Disambiguate installed for packages)

2010-07-26 Thread Russ Allbery
Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com writes: If we instead take the Conflicts seriously, then switching between MTAs requires the following sequences of events: deconfigure packages that pre-depend or depend on mail-transport-agent remove the old mail-transport-agent unpack the new

Processed: Bug#590297 marked as pending

2010-07-26 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: tag 590297 pending Bug #590297 [dpkg] dpkg: unrepresentable changes to source in debian/ with source format 3.0 (quilt) Added tag(s) pending. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 590297:

Bug#590297: marked as pending

2010-07-26 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
tag 590297 pending thanks Hello, Bug #590297 reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository. You can see the changelog below, and you can check the diff of the fix at: http://git.debian.org/?p=dpkg/dpkg.git;a=commitdiff;h=1b9c0f6 --- commit 1b9c0f6d82cd64a3aafcdc474a2aeeefd3bd41a3

Bug#590472: dpkg-dev: deb-control needs a bit more udates for Breaks

2010-07-26 Thread Osamu Aoki
Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.15.7.2 Severity: minor deb-control(5) has been updated for new 3.9 policy but it is not perfect yet. I attach a sure fix as patch and discuss other points below: Question: Do we need tomention Breaks in below in place of Conflicts or list both? Replaces: