* Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080224 09:18]:
> Bas Zoetekouw writes ("Re: QUESTION: Debian Policy: Manual pages"):
> > Why a recommends? In order to satisfy the spirit of policy ("every
> > binary must have a man page") it would need to be a depends,
Bas Zoetekouw writes ("Re: QUESTION: Debian Policy: Manual pages"):
> Why a recommends? In order to satisfy the spirit of policy ("every
> binary must have a man page") it would need to be a depends, imo.
I think the point of policy is to ensure the manpage exists,
Hi,
Answers:
a) Yes, they are *really* distributed in three separate tarballs.
b) The three tarballs are not released in sync.
Conclusion:
1) a.deb & b.deb shall depend on c.deb
2) a.deb & b.deb shall contain lintian overrides.
Thanks for the useful feedback!
[NOTE: If replying, please keep m
On 14/02/2008, Russ Allbery wrote:
> I thought that tag in lintian already had a note that you should add
> an override if the man pages are shipped in a different package on
> which this package has a dependency. Apparently I was just imagining
> things.
ISTR it's the case for icons in desktop/me
Hi Josselin!
You wrote:
> Le vendredi 15 février 2008 à 03:04 +1100, Harshula a écrit :
> > 1) a.tar.gz -> a.deb
> > 2) b.tar.gz -> b.deb
> > 3) c.tar.gz -> c.deb
> >
> > c.tar.gz contains only documentation, including man pages for
> > binaries/scripts in a.tar.gz and b.tar.gz.
>
> Then a and
Harshula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Since c.deb contains all the man pages, running lintian on a.deb results
> in:
> ---
> W: m17n-db: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/m17n-db
> N:
> N: Each binary in /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /bin, /sb
Le vendredi 15 février 2008 à 03:04 +1100, Harshula a écrit :
> 1) a.tar.gz -> a.deb
> 2) b.tar.gz -> b.deb
> 3) c.tar.gz -> c.deb
>
> c.tar.gz contains only documentation, including man pages for
> binaries/scripts in a.tar.gz and b.tar.gz.
Then a and b should Recommend: c, regardless of how the
Harshula wrote:
> Hi,
>
> re: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s12.1
> ---
> Each program, utility, and function should have an associated manual
> page included in the same package. It is suggested that all
> con
Hi
Firstly, this kind of question would be better suited in the
debian-mentors list.
Harshula wrote:
> Here's the example:
>
> 1) a.tar.gz -> a.deb
> 2) b.tar.gz -> b.deb
> 3) c.tar.gz -> c.deb
>
Are they really distributed in three separate upstream tarballs? If they
are, perhaps it would be
Le 14 févr. 08 à 17:04, Harshula a écrit :
Hi,
re: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s12.1
---
Each program, utility, and function should have an associated manual
page included in the same package. [...]
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