Bug#592564: document unusual but supported file system configurations

2010-08-11 Thread Carsten Hey
* Russ Allbery [2010-08-10 16:47 -0700]: Debian supports /usr as a separate file system from /, /usr as a remote file system, and /, /usr, and /etc mounted read-only ... Since these requirements keep catching people by surprise, I think we should write them down explicitly. Actually the

Bug#592564: document unusual but supported file system configurations

2010-08-11 Thread Simon McVittie
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 at 09:28:22 +0200, Carsten Hey wrote: Read-only mounting /etc seems to imply that it can also be on a separate file system (although I never saw such a setup) Doesn't work: to boot and mount /etc you need /etc/fstab and /etc/init.d/* and so on, for which you need /etc. I

Bug#592610: 7.3/7.4/7.6: Usage of Breaks and Conflicts unclear and contradictive

2010-08-11 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.4.0 Severity: normal Hi, in May there was a discussion about the right use of Breaks or Conflicts as part of Bug#582423, e.g. http://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/2010/05/msg00012.html Since then I've noticed at least 3 people on #debian-devel asking

Processed: found 592610 in 3.9.1.0

2010-08-11 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: found 592610 3.9.1.0 Bug #592610 [debian-policy] 7.3/7.4/7.6: Usage of Breaks and Conflicts unclear and contradictive Bug Marked as found in versions debian-policy/3.9.1.0. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need

Processed: user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org, limit package to debian-policy ..., usertagging 591857 ...

2010-08-11 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: user debian-pol...@packages.debian.org Setting user to debian-pol...@packages.debian.org (was r...@debian.org). limit package debian-policy Limiting to bugs with field 'package' containing at least one of 'debian-policy' Limit currently set to

Notes from Policy BoF at DebConf10

2010-08-11 Thread Russ Allbery
Here are my notes from the Policy BoF at DebConf10. They're rather sparse since I wrote them down from memory afterwards rather than taking them at the time, so others should definitely add anything that I missed that they remember. Manoj proposes making each normative requirement in Policy a