On May 26, Christian Schwarz wrote > > AFAIK there is no manual, list or whatever of debian specific things. > > so, what about moving all manpages that are debian related to have the > > suffix "debian" ? this way anyone can go and say : ok, i know unix, and > > i was using other distributions before. lets see how debian is doing > > this and that and what special commands i have here. > > We currently have the files /usr/doc/*/README.debian for Debian specific > changes of programs. In addition, the we plan to write a "Debian User's > Guide" that describes the specifics of a Debian system (just check at the > home page of the Debian Documentation Project at > http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-doc/ )
sure. a debian user's guide (or debian admin guide or however you call it) would be great. but debian specific commands (dpkg*, deb-make*, update-rc.d, update-inetd.conf etc) will have to be documented in this book. and till we have such a book, it would be a god thing, if you can say "ok, we don't have a book now, but start with reading all *debian manpages. dwww will give you a list." that's what i want. and btw: if i look at unix handbooks (like the german "linux anwenderhandbuch", a linux starter book, my second edition is dated 1.3.1993), there are large parts : manpages. ok, manpages will not help, if you don't explain the why and the whole context, but they are very good reference manuals (that's what they are for). regards, andreas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
