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| author | Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com> | 2009-08-11 18:12:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com> | 2009-08-11 18:12:29 +0000 |
| commit | 49cf5830a25835939c094b745f5230d04a791800 (patch) | |
| tree | 6a91b4deb8443c1c49faec11b5afef1779cc8cd5 /doc/narrative_introduction | |
| parent | ac76d702b859e554256b6c663fed4ee333397c4c (diff) | |
provide an example for clarity
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.debian.org/svn/secure-testing@12564 e39458fd-73e7-0310-bf30-c45bca0a0e42
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/narrative_introduction | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/narrative_introduction b/doc/narrative_introduction index a96ca29d5a..f9e1bf1089 100644 --- a/doc/narrative_introduction +++ b/doc/narrative_introduction @@ -242,9 +242,14 @@ entry needs to be added to an input file, or the package name should be included in the data/packages/removed-packages file. Also note that it is sufficient to mark a package as removed in unstable. -The trackers is aware of which package is present in which distribution +The tracker is aware of which package is present in which distribution and marks other distributions that still contain the package automagically -as unfixed. +as unfixed. For example, if libxml is in olstable, but not stable or unstable, +then: + + - libxml <removed> + +will track oldstable as affected, but stable and unstable as not-affected. Severity levels --------------- |