Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > + There should be a manual page at least for every program. If > + no manual page is available, this is considered as a bug and > + should be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking System (the > + maintainer of the package is allowed to write this bug report > + himself, too). Do not close the bug report until a proper > + manpage is available.<footnote> > + <p> > + It is not very hard to write a man page. See the <url > + id="http://www.schweikhardt.net/man_page_howto.html"; > + name="Man-Page-HOWTO">, <tt>man(7)</tt>, the examples > + created by <tt>debmake</tt> or <tt>dh_make</tt>, or the > + directory <file>/usr/share/doc/man-db/examples</file>. > + </p> > + </footnote> > + </p>
Maybe mention help2man (if program understands --help and --version) would be good too. (I took a quick look at the bugreport, looks like noone said that before. :) ) help2man is a good start for a manpage. -- begin OjE-ist-scheisse.txt bye, Joerg Encrypted Mail preferred! Registered Linux User #97793 @ http://counter.li.org end
