Re: gcc-4.1 [gfdl] documentation packages for non-free
Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm one of those people beaten by recent removal of gcc documentation. Both
> myself and people to whom I recommend Debian, *need* gcc documentation to
> be available in the system.
>
> So I had four options:
> - start a new flamewar on the issue,
> - stop to use Debian (and to recomment it),
> - install documentation in non-package form,
> - create appropriate documentation debs (for non-free).
>
> Since I'm a DD, the only real option for me was the last one.
>
> I've created gcc-4.1-doc-non-dfsg package, intended for non-free. This
> package builds several binary packages (cpp-4.1-doc, gcc-4.1-doc,
> gfortran-4.1-doc, tree;ang-4.1-doc), that contain all files - man pages,
> info and html docs - that have been in gcc-4.1 4.1.1-10 package [last
> version before documentation removal], but are not in the current
> 4.1.1ds1-13 package.
>
> I'm going to upload this to non-free.
> But before that, I'd like interested people to look into the package, and
> give any comments they feel appropriate.
> Currently, I've put the package to
> http://zigzag.lvk.cs.msu.su/~nikita/debian/gcc-doc/
Looks good at a first glance. Thank you for your work.
Thiemo
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