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2006

base-files (4) unstable; urgency=low

   * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "4.0".
   * Changed PATHs in default /etc/profile to not contain /usr/bin/X11,
     as this is no longer needed by the X packages in etch (Closes: #388586).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:44:00 +0200

base-files (3.1.16) unstable; urgency=low

   * Changed comment in default /etc/nsswitch.conf so that it refers to
     glibc-doc-reference, not glibc-doc (Closes: #384722).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:32:42 +0200

base-files (3.1.15) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added /usr/local/etc, required by FHS (Closes: #383493).
     [ As usual, please note that this will only affect new installs ].
     This directory is also allowed to be a symlink to /etc/local, but that's
     a decision to be made by the end user after installing the system.
   * Standards-Version: 3.7.2.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:44:00 +0200

base-files (3.1.14) unstable; urgency=low

   * Removed (obsolete) order line from default host.conf (Closes: #354115).
   * Updated GPL-2 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses (Closes: #380067).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 19:21:54 +0200

base-files (3.1.13) unstable; urgency=low

   * Updated LGPL-2 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses (Closes: #332390).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 5 May 2006 18:08:14 +0200

base-files (3.1.12) unstable; urgency=low

   * Changed default /usr/share/info/dir so that it does not refer to
     documentation not available in etch/main (Closes: #362597).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:41:36 +0200

base-files (3.1.11) unstable; urgency=low

   * The file /etc/nsswitch.conf is now created by postinst in the first
     install (made by debootstrap), and it's no longer a conffile.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:26:14 +0100

base-files (3.1.10) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Removed mdns item from hosts line in default /etc/nsswitch.conf, since
     it does not make everybody happy (Bugs #348578, #348580 and #351990).
   * Updated default /etc/adjtime to current year.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:41:22 +0100

2005

base-files (3.1.9) unstable; urgency=low

   * The file /etc/inputrc is now handled by readline-common.
   * Changed to section admin to match override file.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:51:54 +0200

base-files (3.1.8) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added mdns to hosts line in default /etc/nsswitch.conf to support
     mDNS when available (Closes: #324954). Suggested by Joey Hess.
   * Dropped %h from issue.net, as it's not supported by all telnetd
     daemons and it's not even supported by ssh (Closes: #329682).
     Thanks to Dave Love for the report.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:40:08 +0200

base-files (3.1.7) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Removed trailing spaces from default inputrc (Closes: #325007).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:16:08 +0200

base-files (3.1.6) unstable; urgency=low

   * Removed /usr/doc and /usr/info.
   * Modified postinst to create /usr/share/info/dir, not /usr/info/dir.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:29:48 +0200

base-files (3.1.5) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Updated GPL-2 and LGPL-2.1 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses again.
     There should be no references to the old address anymore (Bug #312586).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:36:32 +0200

base-files (3.1.4) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Updated GPL-2 and LGPL-2.1 from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/Licenses,
     as FSF has moved again (Closes: #312586).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 20:12:06 +0200

base-files (3.1.3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_release to "testing/unstable".
     Not that this is a lot useful, but at least is what people expect.
   * Made /home to be 755 and root:root by default, since nobody finds
     the sgid bit in such directory useful for anything.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:32:20 +0200

2004

base-files (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Changed example line in default /root/.bashrc from eval `dircolors` to
     eval "`dircolors`" as the old form may be dangerous (Closes: #285836).
     Thanks a lot to Paul Eggert for the report.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:51:58 +0100

base-files (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * The file /etc/profile is not a conffile anymore. Instead, it is created
     by postinst in the very first base-files install, made by debootstrap.
   * Accordingly, removed bash from Replaces field.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:06:00 +0100

base-files (3.1.0) unstable; urgency=low

   * Moved PATH definition for root from the default /root/.profile to the
     default /etc/profile, by popular demand (Closes: #278865).
   * The file /etc/inputrc is now created by postinst in the first install.
     Removed libreadline incarnations from Replaces field accordingly.
     This file will probably be managed by libreadline-common some day.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:32:00 +0100

base-files (3.1) unstable; urgency=high

   * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "3.1".

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:25:32 +0200

base-files (3.0.16) unstable; urgency=low

   * Changed -a to && in postinst (Closes #254781).
   * Updated copyright year.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 19 Jun 2004 17:41:54 +0200

base-files (3.0.15) unstable; urgency=low

   * FAQ: Documented the fact that some FHS "mandatory" directories are
     only created in the initial install (Closes: #242192).
   * Do not create /cdrom and /floppy anymore (Closes: #245188).
   * Use "ln -sf" to create /usr/local/man symlink (Closes: #245687).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:44:44 +0200

base-files (3.0.14) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added /var/log/btmp, following /etc/login.defs (Closes: #239587).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:40:46 +0100

base-files (3.0.13) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added /srv, /media and /usr/local/share/man (Closes: #230909).
   * Added /usr/local/man as a symlink to /usr/local/share/man,
     since FHS says both directories should be "synonymous".
   * I'm not populating /media because subdirectories are optional.
     They only must exist "if the corresponding subsystem is installed".
     Detecting such things is not really base-files business. I would
     expect debian-installer to create those subdirectories instead.
   * /cdrom and /floppy will still be created in the first install until
     debian-installer and/or apt stop using them for new installs.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 17:47:34 +0100

2003

base-files (3.0.12) unstable; urgency=low

   * Made issue and issue.net generated files, to prevent a double "GNU/"
     prefix on GNU/K*BSD systems (Closes: #217383).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 26 Oct 2003 21:38:44 +0100

base-files (3.0.11) unstable; urgency=low

   * Updated /etc/inputrc (from readline maintainer). Closes: #213666.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 2 Oct 2003 16:42:58 +0200

base-files (3.0.10) unstable; urgency=low

   * Use `:' for chown, not `.' (Closes: #204860).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:42:22 +0200

base-files (3.0.9) unstable; urgency=low

   * Prevent OSNAME from having the GNU/ prefix twice (Closes: #200741).
   * Updated LGPL-2.1 from ftp.gnu.org. Instead of form feeds, the old
     version was using `^' followed by `L' (Closes: #201867).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 19:25:12 +0200

base-files (3.0.8) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed the way /etc/motd is updated so that it still works when md5sum
     prints a `-' after the md5sum value (Closes: #180920).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 14:30:04 +0100

base-files (3.0.7) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added "Why isn't license `foo' included in common-licenses?" to the FAQ.
     Thanks to Colin Watson for the suggestion.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 18 Jan 2003 20:32:16 +0100

2002

base-files (3.0.6) unstable; urgency=low

   * Changed /etc/profile so that PS1 isn't set for non-interactive shells.
     This should make the usual way of testing for interactive shells
     (checking for PS1) to always work (Closes: #164846).
   * Changed /etc/motd to better reflect the truth about Debian: s/Most of//
     and s/freely redistributable/free software/ (Closes: #169543).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:06:12 +0100

base-files (3.0.5) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added a small FAQ. The current topics are:
   - Why Debian does not have a profile.d directory?
   - I upgraded to testing, why /etc/issue does not read "testing"?
   * Standards-Version: 3.5.7 (do not create or remove doc symlinks).
     Note: In theory, packages still creating doc symlinks are allowed
     to blindly assume /usr/doc exists, so /usr/doc will still be part of
     base-files for some time.
   * Removed prerm, since it's not required anymore.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 12 Oct 2002 15:21:52 +0200

base-files (3.0.4) unstable; urgency=low

   * /etc/profile does no longer export PS1. This should prevent
     strange prompts to be shown when switching from bash to a shell which
     does not understand bash escapes (Closes: #141193).
   * Set distribution to "testing/unstable".

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:01:02 +0200

base-files (3.0.3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed wrong group ownerships under GNU/Hurd. This may also happen under
     Linux when using the `bsdgroups' mount option, but even in this case
     it will not happen if the package is built using fakeroot.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 14:18:44 +0200

base-files (3.0.2) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Made /usr/share/doc/base-files/remove-base more robust (Closes: #132969).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 8 Feb 2002 16:36:54 +0100

base-files (3.0.1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Modified postinst to use awk only on upgrades, not in the first install.
     This should help debootstrap (Closes: #130056, #130087).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:52:34 +0100

base-files (3.0.0) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Restored /usr/doc since it's still required by the system according
     to the doc transition plan.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 19 Jan 2002 13:18:12 +0100

2001

base-files (3.0) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Changed issue, issue.net and debian_version to read "3.0".

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:22:42 +0100

base-files (2.2.15) unstable; urgency=low

   * Removed /usr/doc.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 13:23:32 +0100

base-files (2.2.14) unstable; urgency=low

   * Created /opt, /etc/opt and /var/opt in the first install.
     They are mentioned in FHS 2.1 and required in FHS 2.2 (Closes: #118505).
   * The copyright file now refers to GNU/Linux or GNU/Hurd as appropriate.
   * Updated README.base and postinst to refer to /usr/share/doc.
   * Updated default /etc/adjtime to current millenium.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:02:50 +0100

base-files (2.2.13) unstable; urgency=low

   * GPL is now a symlink to GPL-2, which is the real file.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 13:26:34 +0200

base-files (2.2.12) unstable; urgency=low

   * s/info readline/info rluserman/ in /etc/inputrc (Closes: #109110).
   * Updated LGPL-2.1 from ftp.gnu.org to fix line breaks (Closes: #109319).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:29:10 +0200

base-files (2.2.11) unstable; urgency=low

   * In the first install, populate /usr/local even if it exists.
     Allows /usr/local to be mounted in a separate partition during the
     install process (Closes: #107662).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 4 Aug 2001 19:09:16 +0200

base-files (2.2.10) unstable; urgency=low

   * Removed /var/state and /var/state/misc, added /usr/local/games.
     Reported by Sebastian Riedel.
   * Made /boot mode 755 and owned by root group, since no part of the system
     seems to require special permissions here (Closes: #102080).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 19:45:46 +0200

base-files (2.2.9) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Creates /etc/motd in the initial install (now made by debootstrap).
     Forgot to do this in 2.2.7. Reported by Matt Kraai (Closes: #101342).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:38:33 +0200

base-files (2.2.8) unstable; urgency=low

   * Made /etc/debian_version a `conffile' (Closes: #81249). To prevent
     unneeded dpkg prompting, this file is overwritten in the preinst
     if upgrading from a base-files release previous to 2.2.6
     (thanks to Joey Hess for suggesting this solution).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 19:33:22 +0100

base-files (2.2.7) unstable; urgency=low

   * The file /etc/motd is no longer a conffile. Instead, it will be updated
     if its md5sum (minus its first two lines) matches the one in a list of
     md5sums of previous Debian releases. This will reduce dpkg prompting
     on upgrades (Closes: #71083).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:23:06 +0100

2000

base-files (2.2.6) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Use "testing/unstable" instead of "2.2" for the distribution number.
     It seems everybody prefers to see something else other than "2.2".

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:41:55 +0100

base-files (2.2.5) unstable; urgency=low

   * Modified debian_version, issue and issue.net in /etc so that they
     read "2.2" again, since this is the last Debian stable release so far.
     Since packages in `unstable' are now automatically moved to `testing',
     a codename in /etc/debian_version will never be "right" for everybody, so
     the only sensible thing to do here is to wait until a new release number
     has been officially decided (Closes: #80784).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Sat, 30 Dec 2000 20:40:05 +0100

base-files (2.2.4) unstable; urgency=low

   * Restored LGPL -> LGPL-2.1 symlink, which was mistakenly removed
     in base-files_2.2.1 (Bug #75949).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Tue, 7 Nov 2000 11:21:54 +0100

base-files (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added /var/lib/misc, since it's required by FHS (Closes: Bug #74317).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:09:48 +0200

base-files (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Reduced verbosity, as suggested by Sean Perry (Closes: #70686).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:05:12 +0200

base-files (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Release for woody (debian_version, issue and issue.net).
   * /etc/motd now refers to /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
   * Removed /usr/doc/copyright and /usr/man.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:20:17 +0200

base-files (2.2.0) frozen unstable; urgency=high

   * The recipe in README.base does not work properly because dpkg
     removes the conffiles listed in the status file (Bug #64734).
     So, getting rid of base involves editing the status file.
     To avoid mistakes, a shell script is now provided for that.
     Thanks to Kevin Dalley <kevind@alacosta.org> for the report.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sat, 27 May 2000 20:27:13 +0200

base-files (2.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * preinst and postinst: Do not deal with /dev/pts anymore.
   * issue and issue.net: Removed the `frozen' word.
   * Final release for potato (hopefully).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 14:02:44 +0200

base-files (2.1.20) frozen unstable; urgency=high

   * Made /var/log mode 755 and root.root (Bug #35504).
   * Made /cdrom and /floppy mode 755 and root.root (Bug #25847).
   * Removed /dev/pts. It made the package impossible to upgrade when
     using devfs with Linux 2.4. libc6 is already supposed to deal
     with /dev/pts (Bug #61408).
   * postinst removes base.conffiles as well (otherwise, some files
     like /etc/motd or /root/.bash_profile may disappear).
     Thanks a lot to Mikko Oilinki for the report.
   * Slightly improved README.base.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 17:31:01 +0200

base-files (2.1.19) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * Removed /usr/dict (Bug #60118).
   * Minimal handling of the old base package (Bug #32888).
   * Removed redundant directive in /etc/inputrc (Bug #59689).
   * Do not reference /usr/share/doc in /etc/motd yet (Bug #61116).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:51:46 +0200

base-files (2.1.18) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * Handle better the /var/spool/mail-being-a-symlink case.
   * Added /dev/pts for UNIX98-style pty handling under Linux.
   * Added a README.FHS.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 18:29:00 +0100

base-files (2.1.17) frozen unstable; urgency=high

   * Some people has /var/spool/mail symlinked to somewhere else.
     For this case, preinst now saves the symlink target before dpkg
     removes it and postinst restores it.
   * Do not fiddle with /usr/local on upgrades. From now on, users
     will be free to remove it if they wish.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 20:10:17 +0100

base-files (2.1.16) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * Generate default info dir file from /usr/share/base-files/info.dir.
   * Do not generate an info dir file if one exists at /usr/share/info.
   * Updated LGPL version 2 from ftp.gnu.org to fix a typo.
   * Mail spool is /var/mail as per FHS (only in new installs).
   * Acknowledge in the copyright file that the GNU Public Licenses are
     copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 14:26:21 +0100

base-files (2.1.15) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * Removed misleading copyright notice in /etc/motd.
   * Distribution set to "2.2" (adding `frozen' in issue and issue.net).
   * Use DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM for the architecture stuff wherever possible.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:03:25 +0100

1999

base-files (2.1.14) unstable; urgency=high

   * Swap binary-arch and binary-indep targets in debian/rules, since this
     is now Architecture: any. Thanks to Roman Hodek for the report.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:48:24 +0100

base-files (2.1.13) unstable; urgency=low

   * Made "Architecture: any" for /etc/motd to be os-dependant.
     [ A binary-all-<os> scheme would simplify this ].
   * Exclude /proc from the .deb under GNU/Hurd (reported by Marcus Brinkmann).
   * Added `set -e' to postinst.
   * Standards-Version: 3.1.1 (doc symlinks).
   * Removed obsolete README. If someone still asks about /usr/spool or
     /var/adm then a paragraph could be added to the Debian FAQ.
   * Follow changes suggested by Branden Robinson:
   * Removed remaining bashisms in default /root/.profile and use
     /usr/bin/X11 for X11 binaries.
   * Improved package description.
   * Removed unused bin/edit in the source.
   * Changed root test in /etc/profile to use id -u.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:53:35 +0100

base-files (2.1.12) unstable; urgency=high

   * Fixed Replaces field (reported a zillion times).
   * Updated /etc/profile to use '$ ' as the shell prompt for normal
     users and '# ' for the superuser if $BASH is not set.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:56:18 +0100

base-files (2.1.11) unstable; urgency=low

   * Include /etc/inputrc and /etc/profile from readline and bash,
     as suggested by Matthias Klose.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:36:23 +0100

base-files (2.1.10) unstable; urgency=low

   * Create /var/log/lastlog as root.utmp, mode 664.
   * Removed Linuxisms from /etc/motd.
   * Updated GPL from ftp.gnu.org to be Y2K-compliant.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:18:57 +0200

base-files (2.1.9) unstable; urgency=low

   * Removed the advertising clause from BSD license (Bug #43347).
     Reason: ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change
     Thanks to J.H.M. Dassen for the report.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:04:51 +0200

base-files (2.1.8) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added base-passwd (>= 2.0.3.4) to the Depends field.
   * utmp and wtmp are now root.utmp and mode 664 (Bug #41569).
   * Updated extended description regarding the common licenses.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:03:23 +0200

base-files (2.1.7) unstable; urgency=low

   * LGPL is now the Lesser Gnu Public License (Bug #40759).
     For now, the old version is renamed to "LGPL-2".
   * Changed compatibility symlink /usr/doc/copyright/LGPL so that it
     points to the old version.
   * Moved docs to /usr/share/doc/base-files.
   * Changed default /etc/motd so that it refers both to /usr/doc/*/copyright
     and /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Fri, 16 Jul 1999 19:45:09 +0200

base-files (2.1.6) unstable; urgency=low

   * preinst: Do not fiddle with /etc/issue.net anymore.
   * Changed the way /cdrom, /floppy and /initrd are handled.
     These directories will now be created by postinst in the initial install.
     This is a compromise after discussing in debian-policy about Bug #35928.
     It will save people who like them the work of creating them after
     installing a new system, and it will save people who dislike them the
     work of removing them every time base-files is upgraded.
     Since these directories are only a convenience for the user, who
     is free to use them or not, the spirit of FHS is preserved.
   * preinst and postinst: Following the principle of least surprise,
     added code so that existing directories are not removed when upgrading
     this package from previous releases.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:39:36 +0200

base-files (2.1.5) unstable; urgency=low

   * When /usr/local does not exist, create also /usr/local/src.
   * Added /var/cache, /var/state and /var/state/misc.
   * Added /usr/share/info and /usr/share/man.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:34:13 +0200

base-files (2.1.4) unstable; urgency=low

   * Removed the utmpx/wtmpx stuff from postinst.
   * Updated the Artistic License (Bug #34685).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 17:14:51 +0100

base-files (2.1.3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Use `nis' for the `netgroup:' entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf (Bug #33091).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:50:22 +0100

base-files (2.1.2) unstable; urgency=high

   * Fixed a typo in postinst (Bug #34094).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:57:24 +0100

base-files (2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * postinst: touch /var/log/wtmpx and /var/run/utmpx to support
     the utmpd in glibc 2.1 (reported by Joel Klecker).
   * Replaced "Debian Linux" by just "Debian" in the default info dir file.
   * Updated for potato.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:47:23 +0100

base-files (2.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=medium

   * Updated copyright date in /etc/motd (Bug #32646).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:40:07 +0100

1998

base-files (2.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * debian_version, issue and issue.net: `slink' replaced by `2.1'.
   * Added /usr/share/dict, since there are already some packages
     using it.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:40:56 +0100

base-files (2.0.3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Moved common licenses to /usr/share/common-licenses.
   * Default dotfiles for root are now installed only the first time.
   * /usr/local and subdirectories are now created mode 2775
     and root.staff, according to policy.
   * Added /usr/local/share.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 19:05:04 +0100

base-files (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low

   * If it does not exist, now a default /root/.profile file is installed,
     not a /root/.bash_profile file, for slightly better POSIX compliance.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 18:29:52 +0200

base-files (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added (commented out) some more alias for root's default .bashrc.
   * issue, issue.net and debian_version: updated for slink (Bug #26325).
   * Changed the way /etc/adjtime is handled (Bug #23255).
   * Removed usr/man/man8 from directory-list.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sun, 6 Sep 1998 16:58:50 +0200

base-files (2.0) frozen unstable; urgency=medium

   * Removed the "frozen" word from /etc/debian_version.
   * Removed the use of the ROOT variable in preinst and postinst for two
     reasons: a) It is no longer needed, since the base system is built
     by using dpkg's --root=dir option, which works in a chrooted environment;
     and b) Unexpected results would be obtained if user root had actually
     defined a variable named ROOT.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sun, 24 May 1998 13:33:25 +0200

base-files (1.9) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * Default prompt for root is now '\h:\w\$ '.
   * issue and issue.net: Removed the "frozen" word.
   * Added a README explaining the /usr/spool symlink removal.
   * nsswitch.conf: Use "compat" instead of "db files" for passwd, group
     and shadow (Bug #10896).

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 14:18:43 +0200

base-files (1.8) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added /usr/share/misc.
   * Removed /var/local/usr.
   * Distribution set to "frozen".
   * Moved root's default dotfiles to /usr/share/base-files.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:05:54 +0100

base-files (1.7) unstable; urgency=low

   * Added "Depends: awk", so that awk is a "virtual essential package".
   * /root/.bash_profile and /root/.bashrc are not `conffiles' anymore.
     Instead, they are created from /root/.bash_profile.dpkg-dist and
     /root/.bashrc.dpkg-dist if they do not exist.
   * Default /root/.bash_profile sources /root/.bashrc.
   * PS1 and umask are now set only once in default /root/.bashrc.
   * Replaced /usr/bin/X11 by /usr/X11R6/bin in root's PATH.
   * Manpage hierarchy is no longer created under /usr/local/man.
   * Added a small comment in /etc/nsswitch.conf saying where
     to find documentation about this file (libc6-doc package).
   * Added some aliases for colorized `ls' commented out in .bashrc, so
     that the user will simply have to uncomment them.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon, 23 Feb 1998 18:42:28 +0100

base-files (1.6.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Removed "Depends: awk". It has not been discussed yet.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sat, 14 Feb 1998 19:16:29 +0100

base-files (1.6) unstable; urgency=low

   * Default prompt for root is now PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ ', which may not
     please everybody and/or generate a flame war, but at least is better
     than nothing (previosuly it was PS1='\h\$ ').
   * Added two blank lines to /etc/motd to keep Copyright notice from being
     overwritten by /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh.
   * Removed compatibility symlinks /usr/spool, /usr/tmp, /usr/adm
     and /var/adm. Now is when we have to see if something breaks.
   * Removed /usr/lib/locale. Added /usr/share and /usr/include.
   * Removed the /bin/edit script.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Sat, 7 Feb 1998 13:30:46 +0100

base-files (1.5) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Removed "dns" from the "networks:" line in /etc/nsswitch.conf.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Tue, 3 Feb 1998 21:32:52 +0100

base-files (1.4) unstable; urgency=medium

   * Uncompressed copyright files.
   * debian/rules: package does no longer need to be built by root.
     Changed `prototype' directory by an install -d `cat directories`,
     and then set special permissions and ownerships directly.
   * Added "Depends: awk", so that awk is a "virtual essential package".
   * Updated GPL and LGPL. FSF's address changed some time ago to:
     59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA.
   * /bin/edit is now #!/bin/sh.
   * /etc/debian_version, /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net now read
     "2.0 (unstable)" instead of "1.3".
   * /etc/issue now reads "GNU/Linux" (not "GNU Linux").
   * Updated copyright year for /etc/motd.
   * Added an extended description.
   * Removed debstd dependency.
   * New maintainer.

 -- Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>  Mon, 2 Feb 1998 21:46:29 +0100

1997

base-files (1.3.5) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * Synchronization release to make sure my latest version is in 1.3 .
     This is my last release before going on vacation, if anything
     needs to be fixed in this package for 1.3, someone else must
     fix it.

 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:36:49 -0700

base-files (1.3.4) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * /etc/issue had the wrong escapes.

 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Sun, 20 Apr 1997 22:50:21 -0700

base-files (1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * Add "frozen" to the distribution.

 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 22:46:18 -0700

base-files (1.3.2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Remove /etc/issue.net -> /etc/issue symlink in the preinst if it
     exists.

 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:22:06 -0700

base-files (1.3.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Install nsswitch.cnf, required for libc 6 name service .

 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:09:31 -0700

base-files (1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low

   * Edit for Debian 1.3

 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 13:51:19 -0800

1996

base-files (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=low

   * Add "Provides: base", and "Requires: base-passwd, makedev".

 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Sun, 17 Dec 1996 10:48:41 -0800

base-files (1.2.0-4) unstable; urgency=low

   * Symlink /var/run/wtmp -> /var/log/wtmp. Create utmp and wtmp if they
     don't exist, but don't clobber them if they do exist.

 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Sun, 1 Dec 1996 10:48:41 -0800

base-files (1.2.0-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Wrong modes on /tmp. Set explicit umask 0 before copying files.

 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 13:07:05 -0800

base-files (1.2.0-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Don't clobber utmp and wtmp. Take spurious "Inc." off of SPI name,
     California corporations aren't required to say "Inc." at the end of
     their names.

 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Sat, 23 Nov 1996 12:16:28 -0800

base-files (1.2.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Initial Release.
   * Removed devices, passwd, and group. Devices are made by the C MAKEDEV at
     run-time. /etc/MAKEDEV is installed by the "makedev" package.
     /etc/passwd and /etc/group are installed by the "base-passwd" package.

 -- Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>  Thu, 14 Nov 1996 21:02:09 -0800