Bas Zoetekouw writes (Re: QUESTION: Debian Policy: Manual pages):
Why a recommends? In order to satisfy the spirit of policy (every
binary must have a man page) it would need to be a depends, imo.
I think the point of policy is to ensure the manpage exists, not to
require that it be installed
* Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [080224 09:18]:
Bas Zoetekouw writes (Re: QUESTION: Debian Policy: Manual pages):
Why a recommends? In order to satisfy the spirit of policy (every
binary must have a man page) it would need to be a depends, imo.
I think the point of policy is to ensure
Hi,
Answers:
a) Yes, they are *really* distributed in three separate tarballs.
b) The three tarballs are not released in sync.
Conclusion:
1) a.deb b.deb shall depend on c.deb
2) a.deb b.deb shall contain lintian overrides.
Thanks for the useful feedback!
[NOTE: If replying, please keep my
On 14/02/2008, Russ Allbery wrote:
I thought that tag in lintian already had a note that you should add
an override if the man pages are shipped in a different package on
which this package has a dependency. Apparently I was just imagining
things.
ISTR it's the case for icons in desktop/menu
Le 14 févr. 08 à 17:04, Harshula a écrit :
Hi,
re: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s12.1
---
Each program, utility, and function should have an associated manual
page included in the same package. [...]
Hi
Firstly, this kind of question would be better suited in the
debian-mentors list.
Harshula wrote:
Here's the example:
1) a.tar.gz - a.deb
2) b.tar.gz - b.deb
3) c.tar.gz - c.deb
Are they really distributed in three separate upstream tarballs? If they
are, perhaps it would be better
Harshula wrote:
Hi,
re: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s12.1
---
Each program, utility, and function should have an associated manual
page included in the same package. It is suggested that all
Hi,
re: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s12.1
---
Each program, utility, and function should have an associated manual
page included in the same package. It is suggested that all
configuration files also have a
Le vendredi 15 février 2008 à 03:04 +1100, Harshula a écrit :
1) a.tar.gz - a.deb
2) b.tar.gz - b.deb
3) c.tar.gz - c.deb
c.tar.gz contains only documentation, including man pages for
binaries/scripts in a.tar.gz and b.tar.gz.
Then a and b should Recommend: c, regardless of how the
Harshula [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Since c.deb contains all the man pages, running lintian on a.deb results
in:
---
W: m17n-db: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/m17n-db
N:
N: Each binary in /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /bin, /sbin or
Hi Josselin!
You wrote:
Le vendredi 15 février 2008 à 03:04 +1100, Harshula a écrit :
1) a.tar.gz - a.deb
2) b.tar.gz - b.deb
3) c.tar.gz - c.deb
c.tar.gz contains only documentation, including man pages for
binaries/scripts in a.tar.gz and b.tar.gz.
Then a and b should
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