Harshula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Since c.deb contains all the man pages, running lintian on a.deb results > in: > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > W: m17n-db: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/m17n-db > N: > N: Each binary in /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /bin, /sbin or /usr/games > should > N: have a manual page > N: > N: Note, that though the `man' program has the capability to check for > N: several program names in the NAMES section, each of these programs > N: should have its own manual page (a symbolic link to the appropriate > N: manual page is sufficient) because other manual page viewers such > as > N: xman or tkman don't support this. > N: > N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 12.1 for details. > N: > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > What is the recommended way to deal with this scenario?
I thought that tag in lintian already had a note that you should add an override if the man pages are shipped in a different package on which this package has a dependency. Apparently I was just imagining things. Such a note will be present in the next release. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
