On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 09:52:34PM +0200, Martin Godisch wrote: > On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 17:33:17 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > "See next paragraph"? Not necessarily... > > > > + <tag>8-99</tag> > > > + <item>reserved for future LSB use,</item> > > > > > + <tag>100-149</tag> > > > + <item>reserved for distribution use,</item> > > > + <tag>150-199</tag> > > > + <item>reserved for application use,</item> > > > + <tag>200-254</tag> > > > + <item>reserved.</item> > > > > Does the above make sense in the context of Debian Policy ? > > You think this can be better?
I think it can be removed completly. > > > + </taglist> > > > + All error messages should be printed on standard error. All status > > > + messages should be printed on standard output. (This does not > > > + prevent scripts from calling logging functions.) > > > + </p> > > > > This paragraph should clarify what is a 'error message' as opposed to > > a 'status message' > > Possibly, what do you suggest? This policy does not mandate any 'error message' than I am aware of, so: All messages mandated by policy should go to standard output. You should ensure that any other messages that can eventually be generated is send to standard error. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here.

