Re: Bug#62352: usr/doc and /usr/share/doc confusion
Bart-Jan Vrielink <bartjan@vrielink.net> writes:
> > If there is documentation in /usr/share/doc but not in /usr/doc (as a
> > symlink), that package is broken.
>
> On a recently (15 minutes ago) updated Potato system I get the following:
--snip--
> Does this mean that above packages are broken ??
Yes. From Policy:
6.4 Accessing the documentation
Former Debian releases placed all additional documentation in
/usr/doc/package. To realize a smooth migration to
/usr/share/doc/package, each package must maintain a symlink
/usr/doc/package that points to the new location of its documentation
in /usr/share/doc/package[5].
5. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/footnotes.html#6
And the footnote:
6
These symlinks will be removed in the future, but they have to be
there for compatibility reasons until all packages have moved and the
policy is changed accordingly.
--
Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - jkaivo@ndn.net - http://jakob.kaivo.net/
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