Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: tar
Debian does not include the proper info documentation for tar because of
licensing issues.
Quoting from tar(1):
The GNU folks, in general, abhor man pages, and create info documents
instead. Unfortunately, the info document describing tar is licensed
under the GFDL with invariant cover texts, which violates the Debian
Free Software Guidelines. As a result, the info documentation for tar
is not included in the Debian package.
If you want to read the complete documentation for GNU tar, please
refer to the online version at
<http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/index.html>
This man page was created for the Debian distribution. It does not
describe all of the functionality of tar, and it is often out of date.
My understanding is that Ubuntu has a less restrictive licensing policy
(e.g. the inclusion of Firefox, restricted drivers..). Could this minor
annoyance be relieved by including to proper info docs from GNU in
Ubuntu?
** Affects: tar (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Proper info files for tar should be included
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280115
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