packages:
* The "lsb-core" package depends on the Debian packages that are
- required to comply with the LSB-Core 3.2 specification; this is
- roughly equivalent to the LSB 1.3 specification, except X11 libraries
- are not required. It also includes some subroutines that are used
- by LSB-compliant applications when they are being installed or
- removed.
+ required to comply with the LSB-Core 4.1 specification. It also
+ includes some subroutines that are used by LSB-compliant applications
+ when they are being installed or removed.
* The "lsb-graphics" package depends on the X11 libraries required for
- the LSB-Graphics 3.2 specification.
+ the LSB-Graphics 4.1 specification.
-* The "lsb-cxx" package depends on libstdc++5, required for the
- LSB-CXX (LSB-C++) 3.2 specification.
+* The "lsb-cxx" package depends on libstdc++6, required for the
+ LSB-CXX (LSB-C++) 4.1 specification.
* The "lsb-desktop" package depends on the Gtk+ and Qt libraries required
- for the LSB-Desktop 3.2 specification.
-
-* The "lsb-qt4" package depends on the Qt version 4 libraries required
- for the LSB-Qt4 3.1 module. Note that this module is essentially
- folded into lsb-desktop for LSB 3.2 and above.
+ for the LSB-Desktop 4.1 specification.
* The "lsb-languages" package depends on Python 2.4 and Perl 5.8.8 or later.
* The "lsb-multimedia" package depends on libasound2.
-* The "lsb-printing" package depends on the CUPS libraries (libcupsys2
- and libcupsimage2), foomatic-rip, and Ghostscript.
+* The "lsb-printing" package depends on the CUPS libraries (libcups2
+ and libcupsimage2), foomatic-filters, and Ghostscript.
-* The "lsb" package depends on all of the above packages, and exists
- for backwards compatibility purposes with LSB 1.3.
+* The "lsb" package depends on all of the above packages.
* The "lsb-base" package includes a number of functions used by init.d
- scripts in some LSB packages; this package was separated in Debian's
- lsb 2.0-6 package so other packages could make use of the init
- functionality without requiring a full LSB installation.
+ scripts in some LSB packages.
For documentation of those functions (and those added for Debian's use),
please see the README.Debian file in that package.
The package and its dependencies implement all of LSB on Debian, with
these exceptions:
-- LSB 3.2 assumes a 2.4 or later kernel. Debian ships a 2.4 kernel by
- default on most architectures as of sarge, although 2.2 and 2.6 are
- optional. There is no way in the Debian system to ensure a package
- is only installed on a specific kernel release. Running LSB
- applications on 2.2 kernels may result in subtle bugs or failures,
- particularly if they depend on large file support or new syscall
- interfaces introduced in Linux 2.3+.
-
- (We do not consider this a bug in the package.)
-
- LSB 3.2 doesn't fully specify what the init_functions should do. I
have chosen to implement them in a way that is consistent with
Debian current practice, using the start-stop-daemon utility and the
To use these functions, source /lib/lsb/init-functions at the
beginning of your (Bourne sh or compatible) init script.
-Please depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure all of these
-functions are available for your init scripts.
+Please depend on lsb-base to ensure all of these functions are available
+for your init scripts.
LSB LOGGING FUNCTIONS
For full documentation, please refer to:
-http://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_3.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptfunc.html
+http://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_4.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptfunc.html
Note: Debian packages probably should use start-stop-daemon directly;
however, these functions may be useful in porting init scripts from
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