tags 599648 pending thanks On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 01:29:57PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > Package: groff > Version: 1.20.1-10 > Severity: normal > > groff has Recommends for several packages, but does not have any > particular documentation for how it uses those recommended packages, > making it difficult for the user to determine whether to install them. > Please consider documenting the reasons for some of the non-obvious > recommends. > > (In my case, I only installed groff so that "man -H" would work.)
OK, I'll do this in my next upload. Note that the necessary recommendations for HTML output were already documented in the package description. I've documented the rest thus: === modified file 'debian/control' --- debian/control 2010-02-17 13:58:28 +0000 +++ debian/control 2010-10-11 08:53:29 +0000 @@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ Description: GNU troff text-formatting s This package contains optional components of the GNU troff text-formatting system. The core package, groff-base, contains the traditional tools like troff, nroff, tbl, eqn, and pic. This package contains additional devices - and drivers for output to DVI, HTML (when the recommended packages - ghostscript, netpbm, and psutils are installed), HP LaserJet printers, and - Canon CAPSL LBP-4 and LBP-8 printers. + and drivers for output to DVI, HTML (when recommended packages are + installed - see below), HP LaserJet printers, and Canon CAPSL LBP-4 and + LBP-8 printers. . The X75, X75-12, X100, and X100-12 devices, which allow groff output to be conveniently viewed on an X display using the standard X11 fonts, are now @@ -67,3 +67,10 @@ Description: GNU troff text-formatting s - eqn2graph, which converts EQN equations into cropped image files. . All the standard macro packages are supported. + . + Some facilities only work if certain recommended packages are installed: + . + - ghostscript, netpbm, psutils: required for HTML output; + - imagemagick: required for the pic2graph and eqn2graph programs; + - libpaper1: paper size detection in dvi, lbp, lj4, and ps devices (falls + back to a4 if not installed). Thanks, -- Colin Watson [[email protected]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
