Re: Debian and FSF docs (was: Man pages for gcc)

2021-12-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 10 dec 21, 17:17:24, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 12:41:01PM +0100, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > At the very least Debian could split non-free into sections or add more > > areas (non-free firmware being another obvious candidate for splitting > > out). > > > > Do

Re: Debian and FSF docs (was: Man pages for gcc)

2021-12-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 12:41:01PM +0100, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 31 oct 21, 17:37:10, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > This is because GNU releases their documentation under a different license > > > than their source code. And Debian considers the GNU documentation > > > license to be

Re: Debian and FSF docs (was: Man pages for gcc)

2021-12-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 31 oct 21, 17:37:10, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > This is because GNU releases their documentation under a different license > > than their source code. And Debian considers the GNU documentation > > license to be non-free (rightly so, because it prohibits distributing > > modified versions).

Re: Man pages for gcc

2021-12-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 07 nov 21, 08:08:51, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Paul M. Foster wrote: > > > Folks: > > > > I'm sure everyone but me knows this, but I can't find a man > > page for gcc. > > Everyone knows it ... but this question has still been asked > one zillion times. I personally do not mind one bit you

Re: Man pages for gcc

2021-11-01 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Sun, Oct 31, 2021, 5:05 PM Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2021 31 Oct 16:27 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > The info command is what you want for gcc. You may need to install the > > package for gcc info files. Another set of commands you might need info > > files for are coreutils. Try

Re: Man pages for gcc

2021-10-31 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2021 31 Oct 16:27 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > The info command is what you want for gcc. You may need to install the > package for gcc info files. Another set of commands you might need info > files for are coreutils. Try "info coreutils". While info is probably installed, a much

Re: Man pages for gcc

2021-10-31 Thread Dan Ritter
Paul M. Foster wrote: > Folks: > > I'm sure everyone but me knows this, but I can't find a man page for gcc. > There must be some docs somewhere. First question: why isn't there a man > page? Second question: what docs are available (or what package provides > them)? Running Debian 11. gcc-doc

Re: Man pages for gcc

2021-10-31 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Sun, Oct 31, 2021, 4:07 PM Paul M. Foster wrote: > Folks: > > I'm sure everyone but me knows this, but I can't find a man page for > gcc. There must be some docs somewhere. First question: why isn't there > a man page? Second question: what docs are available (or what package > provides

Re: Man pages for gcc

2021-10-31 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 04:58:34PM -0400, Paul M. Foster wrote: > I'm sure everyone but me knows this, but I can't find a man page for gcc. > There must be some docs somewhere. First question: why isn't there a man > page? Second question: what docs are available (or what package provides > them)?

Man pages for gcc

2021-10-31 Thread Paul M. Foster
Folks: I'm sure everyone but me knows this, but I can't find a man page for gcc. There must be some docs somewhere. First question: why isn't there a man page? Second question: what docs are available (or what package provides them)? Running Debian 11. Paul