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Subject: Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
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From: Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.5.5.0
I think the most efficient way of handling usr/doc for woody will be to
have everything reference /usr/share/doc, and require all packages to
put their files in /usr/share/doc, and to make symlinks in /usr/doc. The
latter is mainly for partial upgrades.
To achieve this, we only need two changes: one, programs that access docs
need to do so via /usr/share/doc, and two, we need to upgrade any existing
bugs about usr/doc to serious (note that current policy already lists this as
a "must", so this is a change in spirit not letter).
The bugs this may affect are (greping for usr.doc or usr.share.doc in the
subject):
34435 mpage mpage: `gzip -d < /usr/doc/omniorb/doc/omniORB2.dvi.gz|dvips
41441 sirc sirc: should not include /usr/doc/sirc/LICENSE.gz
45230 python-doc python-doc does not delete everything from /usr/doc
48608 purity error in file://localhost/usr/share/doc/purity/README.Debian
50053 doc-linux- doc-linux-text has almost empty /usr/doc/doc-linux-text dire
50145 tin /usr/doc/tin is an empty directory
50158 speak-free should make symlink /usr/doc/speak-freely pointing to /usr/s
52629 xmame xmame: no symlink to /usr/doc
52996 console-to /usr/doc/console-tools-libs is still a directory
53520 doc-linux- doc-linux-text: non-english HOWTOs in /usr/share/doc/en-{txt
54860 linbot no link /usr/doc/linbot -> /usr/share/linbot
57367 tetex-base /usr/share/doc/texmf/mkhtml needs to be executable
57515 cvs-pcl `/usr/doc/cvs-pcl/html' not empty so not removed
58785 workbone workbone: lacks /usr/doc/workbone FHS symlink
59714 cruft cruft: Man page refers to old doc dir (/usr/doc/cruft should
60027 urlview moreinfo//usr/share/doc/urlview/html/.dhelp fails m5sum
62230 doc-base doc-base: /usr/doc/doc-base/tmp/usr/doc/copyright, need I sa
62231 doc-base doc-base: /usr/doc/doc-base/tmp/usr/doc/copyright Need I sa
62352 general /usr/doc and /usr/share/doc confusion
62508 synaesthes synaesthesia: No /usr/doc/ -> /usr/share/doc link
63634 lurkftp lurkftp does not establish /usr/doc compatibility symlink
63885 logout-but logout-button: examples should be in /usr/share/doc
63928 dmalloc /usr/share/doc/dmalloc/html/.dhelp fails debsums
64055 ftape-doc ftape-doc uses /usr/doc instead of /usr/share/doc
64056 ftape-util ftape-util uses /usr/doc instead of /usr/share/doc
65205 fvwm fvwm: says /usr/share/doc/fvwm/README.upgrade, not README.De
66174 w3-el-e20 spurious directory /usr/doc/w3-el
66860 dtaus dtaus: Docs not located in /usr/share/doc
67386 xemacs21 /usr/share/doc/sp/xml.htm wrong?
68216 swish++ Swish++ aborts while indexing /usr/doc
69021 apache apache: srm.conf defaults to /usr/doc, which gives permissio
69873 perlmenu perlmenu doesnt have a /usr/doc/perlmenu -> /usr/share/doc/p
71921 gxset gxset: new upstream version, URL, /usr/doc/gxset symlink
72310 qmail Empty /usr/doc/qmail
72493 emacsen-co Docs should be in /usr/share/doc
76095 cgilib /usr/doc/cgilib/examples/cgitest.c does not compile
78396 dpkg-dev Contains empty /usr/share/doc/dpkg-dev directory
79281 debian-key Typo in /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz
79746 dpkg-cross [dpkg-cross]: dpkg-cross(1) (& others) refers to /usr/doc
79750 weblint [weblint]: documentation in /usr/doc
79925 svgalibg1- After removal symlink still present in /usr/doc
81015 imlib-base imlib-base: backwards /usr/share/doc link
81126 doc-base install-docs man page refers to /usr/doc instead of /usr/sha
83286 gnu-smallt ln -s ../../gnu-smalltalk/examples /usr/share/doc/gnu-smallt
84022 dftp dftp: problem with links in /usr/share/doc
85451 urlview patch/incorrect document id in /usr/share/doc-base/urlview
86567 exmh bug with /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc transition
88991 urlredir /usr/doc/urlredir empty
91343 tetex-base Lots of empty dirs shipped on /usr/share/doc/texmf
91348 dpkg dpkg: desinformation regarding /usr/share/doc/dpkg/THANKS
91433 csound-doc Package csound-doc still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91439 dvidvi Package dvidvi still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91465 faqomatic Package faqomatic still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91469 gap4-tdat Package gap4-tdat still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91470 gap4-gdat Package gap4-gdat still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91472 gbdk-dev Package gbdk-dev still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91497 htget Package htget still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91541 libcqcam-d Package libcqcam-dev still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91554 emacs20-el Package emacs20-el still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91558 libstdc++2 Package libstdc++2.8 still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91586 mico-2.3.5 Package mico-2.3.0 still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91590 miscutils Package miscutils still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91592 nte Package nte still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91598 ncurses3.4 Package ncurses3.4 still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91608 pccts patch/Package pccts still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91611 ncurses3.0 Package ncurses3.0 still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91616 picasm patch/Package picasm still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91627 propsel Package propsel still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91641 rscheme Package rscheme still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91643 qpage patch/Package qpage still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91644 sauce Package sauce still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91656 set6x86 Package set6x86 still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91664 splitdiges Package splitdigest still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91670 tendra-doc Package tendra-doc still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91675 tkps Package tkps still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91678 userv Package userv still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91682 tkinfo patch/Package tkinfo still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91685 vrwave Package vrwave still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91691 tkdesk Package tkdesk still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91694 x3270 Package x3270 still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91718 xchain patch/Package xchain still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91720 xgdipc Package xgdipc still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91721 xzx Package xzx still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91722 xfstt Package xfstt still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91725 xserver-gg Package xserver-ggi still has at least one file in /usr/doc
91992 povray-doc garbage in /usr/share/doc/povray/povscn/level3/ionic5/b-snak
92925 jdk1.1 jdk1.1: doesn't have /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlink
93608 smalleiffe /usr/share/doc/smalleiffel/html/compile.html should document
93853 mirror mirror disagrees with /usr/share/doc/mirror/mirror.html
94366 ntp-doc Breaks if /usr/doc is symlinked
95313 selfhtml selfhtml: wrong link in /usr/share/doc/selfhtml/html/tecbb.h
95626 libproplis libproplist0: Don't remove /usr/doc/libproplist0 on purge
95750 netscape-j netscape-ja-resource-477 overwrite `/usr/share/doc/netscape-
96495 debsigs /usr/share/doc/debsigs/README.Debian is a template
96572 dejagnu Empty html dir in /usr/share/doc/dejagnu
96903 csound-dev csound-dev: It tries to rewrite /usr/share/doc/csound/copyri
97400 memstat memstat's postinst says it is linking /usr/doc to /usr/share
97631 gedit gedit bad link in /usr/share/doc/gedit/
97891 python-gla Deletes documentation if /usr/doc is a symlink
98363 fvwm menudefs.hook contains reference to /usr/doc
99633 zebra missing /usr/doc/zebra/README.Debian
99703 cdparanoia Empty /usr/share/doc/cdparanoia directory
99789 dpkg WG: dselect/dpkg changes /usr/doc/HTML/ without a warning
99886 lintian no check for copyright refering to /usr/share/doc/common-lic
101392 plplot link to /usr/doc/plplot is missing
102097 libsdl1.2- Unnecessary files in /usr/share/doc/libsdl1.2-dev/examples/t
102184 ion manpage refers to /usr/doc instead of /usr/share/doc
The packages this affects are (roughly):
cqcam phototk
dtmfdial picasm
emacsen-common printop
f77reorder propsel
faqomatic qpage
ftape-doc recite
ftape-util rlinetd
gap rocks-n-diamonds
gap4-gdat rscheme
gap4-tdat rscheme-modules
gbdk rt
gcc-m68k-linux sauce
gerstensaft saytime
glimpse sml-nj
gs-aladdin-manual strn
gs-aladdin-manual-de sysutils
gsfonts-other tendra
idled tendra-doc
infocom tkdesk
int-fiction tkinfo
jlex tkps
kernel-patch-2.0.37-raid userv
lexmark7000linux vim-gtk
lib-gnu.getopt-java vim-perl
libcqcam-dev vim-python
libggidemos vim-tcl
libstdc++2.8 vim-tiny
libterm-readline-perl-perl vrwave
linpac vtprint
logout-button witalian
lzop wmheadlines
ncompress x3270
ncurses3.0 x3270-htmldoc
ncurses3.0-altdev xchain
ncurses3.4 xdemineur
nte xgdipc
onshore-timesheet-el xserver-ggi
pccts
A sample diff against policy would be:
--- policy.sgml.orig Fri Jun 1 19:40:16 2001
+++ policy.sgml Mon Jun 25 20:29:29 2001
@@ -6481,14 +6481,7 @@
<p>
HTML documents for a package are stored in
- <tt>/usr/share/doc/<var>package</var></tt> but should
- be accessed via symlinks as
- <tt>/usr/doc/<var>package</var></tt><footnote>
- <p>
- for backward compatibility; see <ref
- id="usrdoc">
- </p>
- </footnote>
+ <tt>/usr/share/doc/<var>package</var></tt>
and can be referred to as
<example compact="compact">
http://localhost/doc/<var>package</var>/<var>filename</var>
@@ -7747,7 +7740,7 @@
</example>
To view the copyright file for a package you could use this command:
<example>
- dpkg --fsys-tarfile <var>filename</var>.deb | tar xof usr/doc/<var>\*</var>co
pyright | less
+ dpkg --fsys-tarfile <var>filename</var>.deb | tar xof usr/share/doc/<var>\*</
var>copyright | less
</example>
</p>
</sect>
Seconds? Comments?
Cheers,
aj
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Subject: Closed by debian-policy version 3.5.6.0
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These bugs were closed by debian-policy 3.5.6.0. Here is the
.changes file.
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Format: 1.7
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.5.6.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 53849 60461 72335 98291 100631 102199 102204 105535 105538 105625
Changes:
debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
medium, high, emergency.
* Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
* [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
* [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
closes: Bug#102199
.
* [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
* Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
* [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
closes: Bug#100631
* [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
* The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
ther information provided. closes: Bug#105535
* Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
closes: Bug#105538
Files:
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847698fb56a4015e8c01fff6e2549979 568045 doc optional
debian-policy_3.5.6.0.tar.gz
1c021ad67e4ca6c516ed92abf7194626 582528 doc optional
debian-policy_3.5.6.0_all.deb
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2930900bdf8160ce69a088a56af4cace 2138 byhand - menu-policy.txt.gz
a3da1fbfdf72eca7b027057891e0a4cb 1561 byhand - mime-policy.txt.gz
1d2430875f883293167d7485e9c6ff7f 4417 byhand - policy-process.txt.gz
2a62f4ed486185ba2d4dd8f9f1025e6d 4357 byhand - perl-policy.txt.gz
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