Stephen R. Gore wrote: > I'm trying to build a package of an X app (sclient), and it doesn't > have or need a man page (no command line arguments and a GUI help > system). I've enabled dh_undocumented in debian/rules. Lintian still > barfs with: > E: sclient: binary-without-manpage sclient > > Is this acceptable/normal? Does a GUI app that uses GUI help need a > man page regardless? ---end quoted text---
That's what I get for trying to think at 4am.. My apologies to the list for asking such a stupid question. OF COURSE it needs a manpage. This is especially ironic since incomplete and missing manpages are a pet gripe of mine. My only (pathetic) defense is that the package didn't previously have a manpage, and I hadn't researched the appropriate policy docs. I have written a manpage for sclient, and am about to attempt converting it to html (for inclusion in /usr/doc/sclient/html). I have one problem still: dh_installmanpages installs the manpage in /usr/man instead of /usr/X11R6/man. I've read man debhelper and man dh_installmanpages, and have noticed no mention of the correct way to do this. Could someone please point me at the appropriate docs? -- Regards, Steve
