Wouldn't this package conflict with the 'manpages' package (which provides
them for GNU/Linux) and with the manpages provided by other (core) packages?
Or are all manpages going to be renamed so that there is no filename conflict
under /usr/share/man/man{2,4}?
no manpages are not going to be renamed. but should be split of from manpages if they are linux specific to a package called linux-manpages. check the package that's in new queue now how it's done: http://io.debian.net/~tar/debian/freebsd-manpages/ yours, gürkan