Bug#2513: manpages package contains another packages man pages
Dale Scheetz writes:
>
> Andrew, it seems to me that these are not bugs. The manpages package
> provides manpages for many packages (even those you haven't installed).
> This is useful for those who want the documentation without the features.
> If this package is not installed, then it should be expected that each
> package will take care of it's own documentation. There doesn't seem to
> be any conflicts or clobbers associated with this proceedure so, what
> makes it a bug?
If you installed the lastest dpkg you would understand what I am talking
about :) Manpages supplying those man pages causes those packages to not
install. You have to use the --force-overwrite switch to get them to install.
It's worse than a dependency problem cause it doesn't just stop during
configuration it stops while it's installing the files at the first conflict.
So while bug is not the write word manpages should remove those manpages
or dpkg should remove this new behaviour.
I'm in favour of manpages removing those manpages and the manpages maintainer
has already said he would.
Andrew
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Andrew Howell andrew@it.com.au
Perth, Western Australia howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au
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