tags 1139688 wontfix
close 1139688
thanks

On 11/06/26 2:33 pm, Matthias Geiger wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.136.2
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> for seedfiles I get the following warn:
> 
> W: no-manual-page {usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles}

In future please do specify the version as well, since this makes debugging
easier.

> This is wrong, as systemd-tempfiles is a symlink in this case.
I don't think I am fully aligned on this.

Shouldn't manpages also be symlinks in this case?
Or a separate manpage for a symlink explicitly saying that
the said `systemd-tmpfiles` is a symlink to `/usr/bin/seedfiles`?

The usual case if the original manpage referring to all the binary names.

As an example, the manpage of `egrep` is a symlink to the man
for `grep` (same for `fgrep`)

$ readlink /usr/share/man/man1/egrep.1.gz
grep.1.gz

same for `zcat`

$ readlink /usr/share/man/man1/zcat.1.gz
gzip.1.gz

If there is nothing supplied, this adds to the confusion. In case of seedfiles, 
even
doubly so as the same binary conflicts with another package.

Thus, I am closing this with a wontfix. If you disagree or feel like more
discussion is required, please re-open this bug and reply to/nudge me.

Best,
Nilesh

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