Mail access
While sifting through the policy upgrade checklist for one of my packages, I came to the information about changing mail access from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail. That's not hard. Also, the upgrade-checklist states that I should [...] include a suitable Depends field; details in [12.6]. What Depends? On the policy? There's nothing in 12.6 about any dependencies required (lest I am missing something). -- \\// peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ Statement concerning unsolicited e-mail according to Swedish law: http://www.softwolves.pp.se/peter/reklampost.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mail access
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, peter karlsson wrote: While sifting through the policy upgrade checklist for one of my packages, I came to the information about changing mail access from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail. That's not hard. Also, the upgrade-checklist states that I should [...] include a suitable Depends field; details in [12.6]. What Depends? On the policy? There's nothing in 12.6 about any dependencies required (lest I am missing something). If your package depends on libc6, that's enough, because libc6.postinst ensures that /var/mail exists on upgrades. If your package does not depend on libc6 you should make it to depend on base-files = 2.2.0, since base-files.postinst also ensures that /var/mail exists on upgrades. In debian-policy_3.5.6.0 from woody, it's in 10.1.3. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mail access
While sifting through the policy upgrade checklist for one of my packages, I came to the information about changing mail access from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail. That's not hard. Also, the upgrade-checklist states that I should [...] include a suitable Depends field; details in [12.6]. What Depends? On the policy? There's nothing in 12.6 about any dependencies required (lest I am missing something). -- \\// peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ Statement concerning unsolicited e-mail according to Swedish law: http://www.softwolves.pp.se/peter/reklampost.html
Re: Mail access
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, peter karlsson wrote: While sifting through the policy upgrade checklist for one of my packages, I came to the information about changing mail access from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail. That's not hard. Also, the upgrade-checklist states that I should [...] include a suitable Depends field; details in [12.6]. What Depends? On the policy? There's nothing in 12.6 about any dependencies required (lest I am missing something). If your package depends on libc6, that's enough, because libc6.postinst ensures that /var/mail exists on upgrades. If your package does not depend on libc6 you should make it to depend on base-files = 2.2.0, since base-files.postinst also ensures that /var/mail exists on upgrades. In debian-policy_3.5.6.0 from woody, it's in 10.1.3.
