On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 02:50:30PM +0100, Brian wrote: > To read the manual > > apt-get download lightdm > > works every time.
Hmm, well. $ cd /tmp $ apt-get download lightdm $ ls, man dpkg, ... $ dpkg -x lightdm_1.10.3-3_amd64.deb ldm $ gzip -dc ldm/usr/share/man/man1/lightdm.1.gz | nroff -man | less Turns out there is a whole new section in the man page since wheezy! SEE ALSO dm-tool(1) That is the only addition. $ man dm-tool No manual entry for dm-tool Yes, I could do a bunch of crap to try to figure out which package contains that manual page, extract it, etc. But it doesn't seem like a useful investment of time, as I would not expect it to describe how a DM works, or what happens after it has accepted and verified a password.