[dpkg] 98/192: man: Remove recommendation to use Pre-Depends for trigger directives

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commit 6a2ae2cbc78517698c77db762cd97b18b9389786
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Date:   Wed Sep 6 01:48:47 2017 +0200

    man: Remove recommendation to use Pre-Depends for trigger directives
    
    Closes: #864882
---
 debian/changelog     |  2 ++
 man/deb-triggers.man | 12 ++++--------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ebcda42..6c34f7c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ dpkg (1.19.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
       fields, which get stripped when generating output files.
       Prompted by Mattia Rizzolo <mattia at debian.org>.
     - Clarify that sanitize options should not be used for production builds.
+    - Remove recommendation to use Pre-Depends for trigger directives from
+      deb-triggers(5). Closes: #864882
   * Code internals:
     - Switch perl code to use -> operator for function variables.
   * Build system:
diff --git a/man/deb-triggers.man b/man/deb-triggers.man
index 2cddcb7..dba9fca 100644
--- a/man/deb-triggers.man
+++ b/man/deb-triggers.man
@@ -78,15 +78,11 @@ If the triggering packages are dependencies of other upgraded packages,
 it will avoid an early trigger processing run and make it possible
 to run the trigger only once as one of the last steps of the upgrade.
 .PP
-The “\-noawait” variants are only supported since dpkg 1.16.1, and
-will lead to errors if used with an older dpkg. It is thus recommended
-to add a “Pre\-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1)” to any package that wish to use
-those directives.
+The “\-noawait” variants are supported since dpkg 1.16.1, and
+will lead to errors if used with an older dpkg.
 .PP
-The “\-await” alias variants are only supported since dpkg 1.17.21, and
-will lead to errors if used with an older dpkg. It is thus recommended
-to add a “Pre\-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.21)” to any package that wish to use
-those directives.
+The “\-await” alias variants are supported since dpkg 1.17.21, and
+will lead to errors if used with an older dpkg.
 .
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR dpkg\-trigger (1),

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