Am Donnerstag, dem 23. Nov 2006 schrieb Thibaut Paumard: > > Now I have some questions. The program lintian moans about missing > > manpages. Is it really necessary to write a manpage for each and every > > small script; even if it's just two lines? > > Yes, see Policy, 12.1: > `Each program, utility, and function should have an associated manual > page included in the same package.'
Okay, for one small script I solved it with a symlink to a related command. Another manpage must still be written though. :-( > > One directory in the package should have restricted privileges. > > What is the best way to achieve that? > > Sorry, not sure for that one. I can just tell you the relevant section > in Policy is 10.9. I haven't found the answer there. > > Is the user and group "www-data" guaranteed to exist in Debian and > > derivates? Even when no webserver is installed? > > Have a look at the master files in the base-passwd package: user and > group www-data are there. Short answer: yes. Thanks > > The program dh_make(?) has put the files config.guess and config.sub > > into my source-tree. Are they really needed? I dont use autoconf or > > automake, but I have written my own configure command, which doesn't use > > them. > > dh_make puts lots of stuff in you newly created package (although I'm > surpised it put anything above the debian directory). Just remove > whatever you don't need. I deleted the files, but dpkg-buildpackage created them again. Thanks for your answers! -- AKFoerster -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
