> moving the doc-base file to libnetcdf-doc should be the right > way forward.
Alright, I'll see to that. > I wanted to reproduce your problem, but was unable because the source > package in git is different from the source you're working with. I'm working in [1], but replace the sources daily (locally) to make sure the next version of netCDF will build correctly, too. Once we have a netCDF release (in about two weeks, if the devs' projection is alright), I'll push it to alioth too. –Nico [1] http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-grass/netcdf.git/log/?h=split-c-f-cxx On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nico, > > First of all thanks for your work on NetCDF! > >> The package I'm looking at is netCDF [1] which – apart from the >> library and headers – installs the file >> ``` >> $ cat /usr/share/doc-base/netCDF > > Interestingly there is no doc-base file in the souce package. Do you have > local changes not yet available in the git repository? > > http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-grass/netcdf.git > >> Document: netCDF >> Title: NetCDF Manual >> Author: Russ Rew, Glenn Davis, Steve Emmerson, Harvey Davies, Ed >> Hartnett, Dennis Heimbigner, Ward Fisher >> Abstract: This manual describes what netCDF is, and how it can be used. >> Section: File Management >> >> Format: HTML >> Index: /usr/share/doc/netCDF/index.html >> Files: /usr/share/doc/netCDF/*.html >> ``` >> and of course a bunch of files in >> ``` >> $ ls /usr/share/doc/netCDF/* >> [...] >> ``` >> Up until now, I've always put all files of `/usr/share/doc/netCDF/*` >> into libnetcdf-doc, and the file `/usr/share/doc-base/netCDF` into the >> libnetcdf-dev package. With this, however, I'm getting > > The doc-base file should be in the same package as the documention it > references, moving the doc-base file to libnetcdf-doc should be the right > way forward. > >> ``` >> $ install-docs --verbose --check /usr/share/doc-base/netCDF >> Warning in `/usr/share/doc-base/netCDF', line 1: invalid value of >> `Document' field. >> Warning in `/usr/share/doc-base/netCDF', line 9: file >> `/usr/share/doc/netCDF/index.html' does not exist. >> Error in `/usr/share/doc-base/netCDF', line 9: all `Format' sections >> are invalid. >> ``` >> The second warning I understand, but I'm not sure how to best fix it. >> Move `/usr/share/doc-base/netCDF` into the doc package? >> The first warning and the error I don't understand. >> >> Ideas, anyone? > > I wanted to reproduce your problem, but was unable because the source > package in git is different from the source you're working with. > > Kind Regards, > > Bas > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAK6Z60f8S-b8mH_Ey4BfkBiUD8QhtnFNQTso13ex=-ujvhw...@mail.gmail.com

