Re: Uploaded man-db 2.3.10-61 (source i386) for unstable
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998 fpolacco@icenet.fi wrote:
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> Format: 1.5
> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 12:15:33 +0200
> Source: man-db
> Binary: man-db
> Architecture: source i386
> Version: 2.3.10-61
> Distribution: unstable
> Urgency: low
> Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
> Description:
> man-db - Display the on-line manual.
> Changes:
> man-db (2.3.10-61) unstable; urgency=low
> .
> * man-db (2.3.10-61) unstable; urgency=low
> * man-db (2.3.10-59bo61) bo-unstable; urgency=low
> .
> * Changed test in configure to fail if executed without a pager on a
> Debian system.
> * To avoid the error "pager: No such file" when a newer man is used
> without upgrading any of the pagers in the system, I have added a
> bogus pager "/usr/sbin/man-pager", which points to /bin/more,
> installed through update-alternatives with a weight very light (1).
> Probably the Right-Thing-To-Do (TM) is to add a VP "pager" and ask
> all pager installing /usr/bin/pager to Provide: it (at least
> util-linux). Later man-db could Depends: on it :-)
I don't like this solution. The util-linux package is Essential and
installs `more', so this pager is always available. If you want to get
sure /usr/bin/pager is available, you could depend on the appropriate
version of the util-linux package.
Thanks,
Chris
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