Mike Furr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jérôme Marant wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm a bit confused about files shipped in /usr/share/doc. >> Some are links, some are plain copies. >> README.Debian is shipped by ocaml-base-nox, ocaml-nox links to it. >> But ocaml does not provide it, nor provides a link to it. > The -7 package on my system only shows the file installed for > ocaml-base-nox, so I'm not sure what has happened to the other packages > since I did the split. IMO, the ocaml package should definitely include > the file (as well as the other packages), I guess I just missed it. I > believe I used links instead of copies since it seemed silly to copy the > same file across 4 different packages.
OK. >> About NEWS.Debian: what package should ship it? Are all packages >> meant to provide it (or a link to it)? > Whatever packages it relates to I would think. The reason the > README.Debian file was linked everywhere is because it discusses the > split, so it was useful to mention it in each package. It was the right thing I think. Thanks for making thing clearer! -- Jérôme Marant
