Re: package configuration design
On Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 08:35:39AM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
>
> [ In Debian Devel ]
> >>>>> "fog" == fog <fog@irfmn.mnegri.it> writes:
>
> fog> I mean that, during the configuration phase, the user may
> fog> decide to postpone the configuration of a package (maybe she
> fog> wants to read some docs but the docs aren't installed until
> fog> the package is unpacked...).
>
> That brings up another issue. Suppose I want to install only the
> programs and their conffiles + extrafiles and control info, but not
> the documentation and/or man pages? (Like when /usr/man is an nfs
> mount, or this box is a server and all the docs are on my
> workstation.). I guess there should also then be a way to install
> _only_ the man pages and/or docs also.
I think there is a Debian package name debian-doc that should do right
that. At now just generates dwww/dhelp indexes but someone is working
on it...
Ciao,
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