-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Try asking the upstream to split the install from the setup instructions or to add a key phrase where they switch. Then you could use perl or sed or something to do it automagically. Warren
On Saturday 20 October 2001 10:27 am, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > * Robert Bihlmeyer > > | Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > If the INSTALL file contains both building and installation > | > instructions, and how to set up the package, what is then the > | > correct way to handle that? > | > > | > Cut and paste the relevant portions into README.Debian or > | > something? > | > | That's obviously the most correct solution; but you should do this > | only if you're comfortable with keeping this in sync with the > | actual INSTALL file. > > This was one of my worries. > > | Personally, I have no problems with /usr/share/doc/foo/INSTALL that > | contains set-up (or similar) information and some useless stuff. It > | only annoys me if an INSTALL file is wholly useless to users of > | binary packages -- e.g. GNU's standard INSTALL instructions. > > Ack, true, I agree > > Would this be too much magic to add to lintian -- check whether those > are the generic GNU installation instructions or something else? - -- GPG Fingerprint: 30C8 BDF1 B133 14CB 832F 2C5D 99A1 A19F 559D 9E88 GPG Public Key @ http://www.cbu.edu/~wturkal/wturkal.gpg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE708gVmaGhn1WdnogRAnsFAJwKUSYOqRVpSBLk/B25YWBFbQ/8WwCeJ/mP HKtKSgQ8mAKeAKeuWQMyZ3U= =CpCC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
