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Re: Which directory to use for packagename-doc documentation files?



On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 07:59:20PM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote:

> > I think my personal favorite would be that package foo contain the
> > symlink /usr/share/doc/foo/docs->../../foo-doc. I can see that others
> > might not like it though. If foo-doc isn't installed, the broken link is
> > ugly, 
> 
> That's why I didn't like it.  Unless it's handled and foo and
> foo-doc postinst and postrm scripts?
> 
> >       but it's also a big hint that 'apt-get install foo-doc' might be
> > useful.

It might be better to stick something in the README to say "extra docs are
available in the package 'foo-doc'. If this package is installed, these will
be located in /usr/share/doc/foo-doc"

No need for a high-tech solution every time ;)

-- 
Nick Phillips -- nwp@lemon-computing.com
Avoid gunfire in the bathroom tonight.



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