Re: using symlinks for manpages

2005-03-25 Thread Nico Golde
Hello Florent, * Florent Rougon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-25 10:25]: > Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In fact, I believe all symlinks should be relative, except top-level > > symlinks. And packages probably shouldn't ship any of those:) > > Not exactly. cf. Policy § 10.5: >

Re: using symlinks for manpages

2005-03-25 Thread Florent Rougon
Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In fact, I believe all symlinks should be relative, except top-level > symlinks. And packages probably shouldn't ship any of those:) Not exactly. cf. Policy § 10.5: , | In general, symbolic links within a top-level directory should be | relative, a

Re: using symlinks for manpages

2005-03-24 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Nico! Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I package a program which creates symlinks with different > names which point to one man page. lintian complains that > the files are not gzipped. if i only rename them to .gz > lintain says: > E: mutt-ng: manpage-not-compressed-with-gzip > usr/share/man/

Re: using symlinks for manpages

2005-03-24 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 11:15:36PM +0100, Nico Golde wrote: > Hi, > I package a program which creates symlinks with different > names which point to one man page. lintian complains that > the files are not gzipped. if i only rename them to .gz > lintain says: > E: mutt-ng: manpage-not-compressed-wi

using symlinks for manpages

2005-03-24 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, I package a program which creates symlinks with different names which point to one man page. lintian complains that the files are not gzipped. if i only rename them to .gz lintain says: E: mutt-ng: manpage-not-compressed-with-gzip usr/share/man/man1/muttngbug.1.gz E: mutt-ng: empty-manual-page