On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi guys, > > Could we have a manual page for the ftp method or something? > You can get the manual page by saying pod2man methods/ftp/ftp > > apt-ftpmethod.1 or something (I'll leave the name and placement to > you guys)
I think the idea is that most of the documentation from pod2man is 'extra' that is, it is not something anyone should have to deal with. The ftp method implements a defined and documented interface so we don't need to re-describe that. Everything that is user-configurable is contained in ftp.conf.5 in a plain straight forward fashion. <fab is below> > oh, I see, I can get it with pod2man /usr/lib/apt/methods/ftp > > Anyway, I suggest to modify it to have a different name, as ftp(1) is > the old'n'usual client. Also add "apt" as a subsection (I will add it > in the slink's man-db list). Well, the name of the method is not going to change - it must remain as 'ftp' (just as http is called 'http') - be aware that these are not user invokable programs, they implement a specific interface that is only ment to be used by higher level tools. I'm told that ftp.conf is not taken in any package - it would be nice to designate this as being apt/ftp.conf though. In a newer version there will be a reference to ftp.conf in the sources.list man page. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
