Re: /usr/doc/ vs /usr/share/doc/

2000-04-14 Thread Brian May
> "w" == w trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: w> after getting "apt-get upgrade" all clean (not that there isn't w> a hangnail now and then) i noticed that i've got lots of stuff w> in /usr/share/doc now. much of it looks just like the stuff w> i've already got under /usr/doc

Re: /usr/doc/ vs /usr/share/doc/

2000-04-14 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 05:35:12PM -0500, w trillich wrote: > after getting "apt-get upgrade" all clean (not that there > isn't a hangnail now and then) i noticed that i've got > lots of stuff in /usr/share/doc now. much of it looks just > like the stuff i've already got under /usr/doc. > > is the

RE: /usr/doc/ vs /usr/share/doc/

2000-04-14 Thread Christian Pernegger
IIRC, the stuff in /usr/doc is/should be symlinks to the /usr/share/doc stuff. Christian > is the /usr/share/doc stuff significant? should it replace > the /usr/doc items? can i obliterate it?

Re: /usr/doc vs /usr/share/doc

2000-02-20 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 11:13:52AM -0500, Marc Sherman wrote: > Some packages install their docs in /usr/share/doc, but don't > add a symlink to /usr/doc -- is it ok for me to manually add > those symlinks after installation, or will that cause problems > with dpkg when it tries to update or remove