Dirk Eddelbuettel writes ("Bug#1737: missing man pages for accouting commands"):
> Susan G Kleinmann writes:
> Susan> The man page and the info page for 'acct' refer the reader to
> Susan> acct(5) for additional information. No such page exists.
>
> True, but that is a bug in the upstream version that I as the maintainer
> can't do anything about but writing the man page myself. And I don't have
> enough time to do so. Any volunteers?
Bugs in the upstream package count as bugs too. I'm going to reopen
this report.
> Susan> Likewise, there are no man pages for `ac', `accton', `lastcomm', and
> Susan> `sa'. Even though much of the relevant information is covered in
> Susan> the texinfo document for `accounting', it would be helpful to have a
> Susan> man page for each of these commands, even if it said something so
> Susan> simple as "look in the texinfo document."
>
> Well, Debian is a GNU system. And in the GNU world is a preference for
> texinfo over manpages. Love it or loathe it --- and then do write some
> manpages. I close this bug now.
We do not have to adopt the (widely loathed) GNU policy of preferring
Texinfo to manpages.
Ian.
