Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-09 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > *sigh* There are multiple man browsers in Debian: gman, gnome-help, > konqueror, and tkman all provide man-browser, and coolman should. Sure. I assumed that all/most of them used man-db as a backend. If that's not the case, my musings are certainly silly

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-09 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > *sigh* There are multiple man browsers in Debian: gman, gnome-help, > konqueror, and tkman all provide man-browser, and coolman should. Sure. I assumed that all/most of them used man-db as a backend. If that's not the case, my musings are certainly sill

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-08 Thread Sam Couter
Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From undocumented(7): > > | This program, utility or function does not have a useful > | manpage. Please do not report this as a bug, because this > | has already been reported as a bug; when a manpage becomes But

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, 08 Jul 2001 at 20:21:09 +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > undocumented(7) is in the manpages package (Priority: important). > > It seems sensible to allow users to remove this package without > > breaking anything,

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-08 Thread Sam Couter
Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From undocumented(7): > > | This program, utility or function does not have a useful > | manpage. Please do not report this as a bug, because this > | has already been reported as a bug; when a manpage becomes

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, 08 Jul 2001 at 20:21:09 +0200, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > undocumented(7) is in the manpages package (Priority: important). > > It seems sensible to allow users to remove this package without > > breaking anything,

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-08 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
[I think Colin reads this list, but CCing @packages to be sure.] Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > undocumented(7) is in the manpages package (Priority: important). It seems > sensible to allow users to remove this package without breaking anything, and > if they

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-08 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
[I think Colin reads this list, but CCing @packages to be sure.] Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > undocumented(7) is in the manpages package (Priority: important). It seems > sensible to allow users to remove this package without breaking anything, and > if they

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-08 Thread Mark Brown
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 06:23:37PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: > Actually, the reason I ask is because I *did* miss undocumented(7), without > realising it. In fact, a bug almost got filed against an entirely unrelated > package for not having man pages for its binaries, when in reali

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-08 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 06:23:37PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: > Actually, the reason I ask is because I *did* miss undocumented(7), without > realising it. In fact, a bug almost got filed against an entirely unrelated > package for not having man pages for its binaries, when in reali

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-08 Thread Mark Brown
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 06:23:37PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: > Actually, the reason I ask is because I *did* miss undocumented(7), without > realising it. In fact, a bug almost got filed against an entirely unrelated > package for not having man pages for its binaries, when in reali

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-08 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 06:23:37PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: > Actually, the reason I ask is because I *did* miss undocumented(7), without > realising it. In fact, a bug almost got filed against an entirely unrelated > package for not having man pages for its binaries, when in reali

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-08 Thread Sam Couter
[ CC:'ed to Nicolás Lichtmaier as maintainer of manpages ] Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > undocumented(7) is in the manpages package (Priority: important). It seems > sensible to allow users to remove this package without breaking anything, and > if they ca

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-08 Thread Sam Couter
[ CC:'ed to Nicolás Lichtmaier as maintainer of manpages ] Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > undocumented(7) is in the manpages package (Priority: important). It seems > sensible to allow users to remove this package without breaking anything, and > if the

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-07 Thread Colin Watson
Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >undocumented(7) is in the manpages package (Priority: important). It seems >sensible to allow users to remove this package without breaking anything, and >if they care enough to remove the manpages package, they probably won't miss &g

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-07 Thread Colin Watson
Sam Couter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Simple question for the day: > >Should a package that has a symlink to undocumented(7) also have a Depends: >on the package that contains undocumented(7) (manpages)? It seems silly to >me that a package could have a symlink to a non-exist

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-07 Thread Colin Watson
Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >undocumented(7) is in the manpages package (Priority: important). It seems >sensible to allow users to remove this package without breaking anything, and >if they care enough to remove the manpages package, they probably won't

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-07 Thread Colin Watson
Sam Couter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Simple question for the day: > >Should a package that has a symlink to undocumented(7) also have a Depends: >on the package that contains undocumented(7) (manpages)? It seems silly to >me that a package could have a symlink to a non

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 06:23:21PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: > Simple question for the day: > > Should a package that has a symlink to undocumented(7) also have a Depends: > on the package that contains undocumented(7) (manpages)? It seems silly to > me that a package could have

Re: undocumented(7)

2001-07-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 06:23:21PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: > Simple question for the day: > > Should a package that has a symlink to undocumented(7) also have a Depends: > on the package that contains undocumented(7) (manpages)? It seems silly to > me that a package could have

undocumented(7)

2001-07-06 Thread Sam Couter
Simple question for the day: Should a package that has a symlink to undocumented(7) also have a Depends: on the package that contains undocumented(7) (manpages)? It seems silly to me that a package could have a symlink to a non-existant man page in place of its own non-existant man page. -- Sam

undocumented(7)

2001-07-06 Thread Sam Couter
Simple question for the day: Should a package that has a symlink to undocumented(7) also have a Depends: on the package that contains undocumented(7) (manpages)? It seems silly to me that a package could have a symlink to a non-existant man page in place of its own non-existant man page. -- Sam