On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 09:53:27PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: > A package I'm responsible for (tclmidi) installs a _whole_mess_ of man > pages. Some go in section 1, as they're executable tcl scripts. The > others, though, are put by default in the "n" section, which obviously > doesn't exist. Where should I put them?
Put them in section 3 with an appropriate extension, e.g. 3tclmidi. > tcl functions. Should I just put them in /usr/doc/tclmidi/man? I used to > put them in the /usr/man/man3 section, with extension .3tcl, but this > doesn't work so well. In what way did it not work? I have always done this with the Tcl/Tk packages and have not had any problems. > Also, do tcl libraries need associated -dev packages? You can't really > do debugging with the package, as the commands are useless without tclsh > and everything's interpreted anyway ... If it has a library that a user can build a custom tclsh/wish with (e.g. expect), then it should have a -dev package. If it is can only be used as a dynamically loaded extension (e.g. scotty), then it doesn't need a -dev package. David -- David Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
