On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 02:13:43 +0100, Tore Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> These packages are already de facto buggy. I can't imagine that
I beg too differ. These packages are following policy, which
states the current practivce that maintainer scripts may rely on a
controlling
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:45:06 +0100, Tore Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Current policy says a controlling terminal is guaranteed to be
> available in the maintainer scripts. This is simply not true, for
> dpkg will happily run without one - which makes all scripts that
> make explicit
On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 02:23:36AM +0100, Tore Anderson wrote:
> Well, I considered submitting this bug on dpkg instead of policy.
> However, statements from the policy editors on numerous occations have
> given me the impression that policy seeks to document current practise,
> not enforce cha
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 06:50:46PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> That said, I don't think it's a good idea to do this. Many packages
> depend on having a controlling tty available, and aren't buggy since
> current policy allows it. Changing that would make all those packages
> instantly buggy, wh
* Tore Anderson
>> Current policy says a controlling terminal is guaranteed to be
>> available in the maintainer scripts. This is simply not true, for
>> dpkg will happily run without one [...]
* Chris Waters
> That's not strictly true. Dpkg calls maintainer scripts, and
> maintainer
* Wouter Verhelst
> That said, I don't think it's a good idea to do this. Many packages
> depend on having a controlling tty available, and aren't buggy since
> current policy allows it. Changing that would make all those packages
> instantly buggy, which should be avoided if at all possible (
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 04:45:06PM +0100, Tore Anderson wrote:
> Current policy says a controlling terminal is guaranteed to be
> available in the maintainer scripts. This is simply not true, for
> dpkg will happily run without one [...]
That's not strictly true. Dpkg calls maintainer scrip
Op vr 19-12-2003, om 16:45 schreef Tore Anderson:
> Package: debian-policy
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Current policy says a controlling terminal is guaranteed to be
> available in the maintainer scripts. This is simply not true, for
> dpkg will happily run without one - which makes all scripts
Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist
Current policy says a controlling terminal is guaranteed to be
available in the maintainer scripts. This is simply not true, for
dpkg will happily run without one - which makes all scripts that
make explicit use of /dev/tty (as policy recommends) fa
9 matches
Mail list logo
