Re: Re^2: usr/share/doc and dhelp

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@csh.rit.edu>]

On Sun, Jul 25, 1999 at 04:12:00PM +0100, Marco Budde wrote:

> MZ> If not using install-docs, "dhelp_parse -d <dir>" should also remove
> MZ> the .dhelp file(s).
> 
> No, that#s wrong. This will remove the data of the .dhelp file from  
> dhelp#s database. It won#t remove the file. That#s the job of dpkg.

Sure enough...that's what I get for skimming the man page:

OPTIONS
[...]
       -d     Delete  the  .dhelp  files in the given directories
              from the dhelp database.
              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This makes me even more glad that doc-base encapsulates this.

-- 
 - Matt