Re: Packages without man pages...
Yves Arrouye <arrouye@marin.fdn.fr> writes:
> I'd like to suggest that packages without man pages but with an info
> manual adds a minimal manual page telling the user to read the info
> manual. It helps. As an example, after installing gimp, I ran it and
> got a fatal error (no .gimprc file). I tried a man: no man page...
> Quite frustrating, isn't it?
Right, but I didn't know a better way to handle that. I could say
something in the postinst, but that'll only help the installer. So I
settled on the README.1st. I'd be happy to entertain better
solutions. Perhaps this behavior should be filed as a bug upstream...
I like the man points to info idea...
--
Rob
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