On ds, 2004-09-11 at 00:12, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > MiguelGea wrote: > > install in /usr/share/man/man* but no in usr/X11R6/man/man1 > > Why would you (Policy 12.1)? If I execute lintian -i xmountains it say to me this:
E: xmountains: manpage-for-x11-binary-in-wrong-directory usr/X11R6/bin/xmountains usr/share/man/man1/xmountains.1.gz N: N: Manual pages for binaries which are located in /usr/X11R6/bin should N: be installed below /usr/X11R6/man. N: N: Note that normally only packages that are part of X itself and those N: that are using some arcane Imakefiles should actually install binaries N: into /usr/X11R6/bin. N: but in Policy 12.1 it says: You should install manual pages in nroff source form, in appropriate places under /usr/share/man. You should only use sections 1 to 9 (see the FHS for more details). You must not install a preformatted "cat page". Is this a bug in lintian? > > Thomas > -- > Thomas Viehmann, <http://thomas.viehmann.net/> >
