Adriaan Peeters wrote: > Hello, > > I am packaging sysinfo [1,2]: a simple Gtk program which can display > some computer/system information. Upstream does not provide a man page, > but the program has no useful command line parameters, except the > default gtk options. Does there exist a default man page for these > cases, should I create an almost empty man page or can I just leave it > out?
See section 12.1 of the debian policy, especially the footnote which refers to http://www.schweikhardt.net/man_page_howto.html IMHO, you should at least describe the purpose of the program in the man page, to enable a user to examine what the program does before executing it. The simplest approach might be to use a man page from an existing Debian package as a template, and simply replace the various sections with your text. Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Fester mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.littletux.net ICQ: 326674288 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
