Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.0.0 Severity: minor -- quote saying that they require certain binary packages being installed -- end quote I think this should read 'having been installed'. Present, future and past are being blurred in that sentence.
-- quote the fields which declare dependencies of the package in which they occur on other packages -- end quote what is that trying to say? -- quote it is assumed that a real package which provides virtual package is not of the `right' version. -- end quote the 'provides virtual package' is clumsy. Needs something like 'a particular virtual package' or more simply 'a/the virtual package'. -- quote it is usually an error for a package to contains files -- end quote should be 'to contain'. -- quote In the future dpkg will discard files which overwrite those from another package which declares that it replaces the one being installed (so that you can install an older version of a package without problems). -- end quote who is declaring the replaces here? 'from another package which declares it replaces'. file 'foo' in package A is being installed and overwrites foo from package B. -- quote Their semantics is that the dependencies and conflicts -- end quote semantics is plural, the 'is' should be 'are'. -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux geisha 2.2.18pre11 #1 SMP Mon Oct 2 17:40:32 PDT 2000 i686 Versions of packages debian-policy depends on: ii fileutils 4.0.37-1 GNU file management utilities.
