Osamu Aoki wrote:
did you placed argument for dh_installman in debian/rules?
No, I didn't. I left debian/rules as it was, since the package I created is a really simple autotools -supported package, so I assumed everything was correct. Specially since there's no mention on maint-guide about any arguments needed. Dh_installman tried to do something, and after I created 'debian/manpages' -file where I listed myapp.1 it worked smoothly.
So, I really got the impression that manpages should be at debian/ -directory, since dh_make made those example files there. Now after I've read your replies and some other documentation it's quite obvious that man -pages for package should be in upstream source, not in debian/.
I agree it is confusing ... but adding all the detail is not objective of this document. This should be figured out by reading manpage for dh_installman.
I really do understand this, dealing with every detail isn't something a beginners guide should hanle. I suppose the main reason I got confused is the example files created by dh_make.
Since there's no advice on maint-guide where to actually put those files and how to include them (debian/manpages -file, if that even is the proper way) in package I feel that there's a place for improvement. I'd say that something like the chapter 5.5 included in chapter 5.8 would help a lot.
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