Your message dated Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:48:45 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#880992: fixed in debian-policy 4.1.3.0 has caused the Debian Bug report #880992, regarding debian-policy should not recommend running editor using absolute path to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: debian-policy Version: 4.1.0.0 Policy 11.4 sayeth: 11.4. Editors and pagers Some programs have the ability to launch an editor or pager program to edit or display a text document. Since there are lots of different editors and pagers available in the Debian distribution, the system administrator and each user should have the possibility to choose their preferred editor and pager. In addition, every program should choose a good default editor/pager if none is selected by the user or system administrator. Thus, every program that launches an editor or pager must use the EDITOR or PAGER environment variable to determine the editor or pager the user wishes to use. If these variables are not set, the programs /usr/bin/editor and /usr/bin/pager should be used, respectively. If read strictly, this says that I must use "/usr/bin/editor" instead of invoking "editor" from the $PATH. (I'm not sure I agree with that interpretation, but it came up in https://bugs.debian.org/682347.) Running "editor" from the $PATH instead of using that full path should be perfectly acceptable and IMHO is a better behavior, since it allows the user to put a custom editor in /usr/local/bin or $HOME/bin. Could this say something like not set, the commands "editor" and "pager" should be used, respectively. These commands can be invoked explicitly (e.g. as /usr/bin/editor), or through a $PATH search (e.g. as editor). ?
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--- Begin Message ---Source: debian-policy Source-Version: 4.1.3.0 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [email protected], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Sean Whitton <[email protected]> (supplier of updated debian-policy package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Format: 1.8 Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:13:55 +0000 Source: debian-policy Binary: debian-policy Architecture: all source Version: 4.1.3.0 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Debian Policy Editors <[email protected]> Changed-By: Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Closes: 522163 601455 661496 688251 810381 859649 874090 874095 880992 882628 885219 Description: debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents Changes: debian-policy (4.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=medium . [ Sean Whitton ] * Policy: Add CC0-1.0 to common-licenses Wording: Jeremy Bicha <[email protected]> Seconded: Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Seconded: Mattia Rizzolo <[email protected]> Seconded: Holger Levsen <[email protected]> Closes: #859649, #882628 * Policy: Clarify when Built-Using should be used Wording: Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Seconded: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]> Closes: #688251 * Policy: Use update-rc.d's defaults-disabled instead of DISABLED=yes Wording: Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> Seconded: Andreas Henriksson <[email protected]> Closes: #522163, #601455, #661496 - Also explain how the local administrator can enable/disable autostarting daemons using update-rc.d. * Point Vcs-* fields at salsa.debian.org. * README: update references & URIs alioth->salsa * Maintainer field: "Debian Policy List"->"Debian Policy Editors" To match our new group on salsa.debian.org. . [ Russ Allbery ] * Policy: Recommend that Vcs-* URLs provide confidentiality Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> Seconded: Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Seconded: Holger Levsen <[email protected]> Closes: #810381 * Policy: Clarify that programs may search PATH for editor and pager Wording: Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]> Seconded: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> Seconded: Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Closes: #880992 * Policy: Allow libc to install files in /lib64 Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]> Seconded: Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Closes: #885219 * Use the term synopsis consistently in copyright-format. Thanks, Ben Finney. (Closes: #874095) * Fix various minor wording issues and add additional cross-references in copyright-format. Thanks, Ben Finney. (Closes: #874090) * Adapt tools/license-count to run against ftp-master metadata instead of the Lintian lab, add patterns for CC0-1.0, and add some comments on how to run this tool. 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