Is there some reason why this bug remains open for such long time? Recommended practice[1] is for packages providing online documentation to register such with doc-base.
dh handles this automatically if the above control file is installed as `debian/aptitude-doc-en.doc-base'. This patch on the current debian branch produces a package with the desired results. Also closes #323844 which is a duplicate of this bug. # dpkg -i ../aptitude-doc-en_0.6.4-1_all.deb Selecting previously deselected package aptitude-doc-en. (Reading database ... 42060 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking aptitude-doc-en (from .../aptitude-doc-en_0.6.4-1_all.deb) ... Setting up aptitude-doc-en (0.6.4-1) ... Processing triggers for doc-base ... Processing 1 added doc-base file... Registering documents with dhelp... [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s-doc-base --- debian/aptitude-doc-en.doc-base | 9 +++++++++ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 debian/aptitude-doc-en.doc-base diff --git a/debian/aptitude-doc-en.doc-base b/debian/aptitude-doc-en.doc-base new file mode 100644 index 0000000..603d2c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/aptitude-doc-en.doc-base @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +Document: aptitude-doc-en +Title: Aptitude User's Manual (English) +Author: Daniel Burrows +Abstract: This manual describes the usage of the aptitude package manager. +Section: System/Package Management + +Format: HTML +Index: /usr/share/doc/aptitude/html/en/index.html +Files: /usr/share/doc/aptitude/html/en/*.html -- 1.7.2.5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
