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Diffstat (limited to 'debian')
-rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | debian/control | 29 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 7c608a13..b96bbc22 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ pam (1.1.3-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low and substitute the multiarch path at build time, so our .a files go to the multiarch dir instead of to /usr/lib. Thanks to Riku Voipio for pointing out the bug. + * debian/control: adjust the package descriptions, as the current ones + use some awkward language that's gone unnoticed for a long time. Thanks + to Martin Eberhard Schauer <Martin.E.Schauer@gmx.de> for pointing this + out. Closes: #633863. -- Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:42:19 -0700 diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index 9c4d8730..4966b510 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends} Suggests: libpam-doc Description: Pluggable Authentication Modules library - Contains the C shared library for Linux-PAM, a suite of shared - libraries that enable the local system administrator to choose how - applications authenticate users. In other words, without rewriting - or recompiling a PAM-aware application, it is possible to switch - between the authentication mechanism(s) it uses. One may entirely - upgrade the local authentication system without touching the - applications themselves. + Contains the shared library for Linux-PAM, a library that enables the + local system administrator to choose how applications authenticate users. + In other words, without rewriting or recompiling a PAM-aware application, + it is possible to switch between the authentication mechanism(s) it uses. + One may entirely upgrade the local authentication system without touching + the applications themselves. Package: libpam-modules Section: admin @@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ Replaces: libpam0g-util, libpam-umask Provides: libpam-motd, libpam-mkhomedir, libpam-umask Description: Pluggable Authentication Modules for PAM This package completes the set of modules for PAM. It includes the - pam_unix_*.so module as well as some specialty modules. + pam_unix.so module as well as some specialty modules. Package: libpam-modules-bin Section: admin @@ -74,10 +73,9 @@ Multi-Arch: same Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libpam0g (= ${binary:Version}), libc6-dev|libc-dev Provides: libpam-dev Description: Development files for PAM - Contains C header files and development shared libraries for libpam, the - pluggable authentication modules, a suite of shared libraries that enable - the local system administrator to choose how applications authenticate - users. + Contains C header files and development libraries for libpam, the Pluggable + Authentication Modules, a library that enables the local system + administrator to choose how applications authenticate users. . PAM decouples applications from the authentication mechanism, making it possible to upgrade the authentication system without recompiling or @@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ Priority: optional Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends} Description: Documentation of PAM - Contains documentation (in HTML, ASCII, and PostScript format) for - libpam, the Pluggable Authentication Modules library, a suite of shared - libraries that enable the local system administrator to choose how - applications authenticate users. + Contains documentation (in HTML, ASCII, and PostScript format) for libpam, + the Pluggable Authentication Modules library, a library that enables the + local system administrator to choose how applications authenticate users. |