Re: QUESTION: Debian Policy: Manual pages
Hi Josselin!
You wrote:
> Le vendredi 15 février 2008 à 03:04 +1100, Harshula a écrit :
> > 1) a.tar.gz -> a.deb
> > 2) b.tar.gz -> b.deb
> > 3) c.tar.gz -> c.deb
> >
> > c.tar.gz contains only documentation, including man pages for
> > binaries/scripts in a.tar.gz and b.tar.gz.
>
> Then a and b should Recommend: c, regardless of how the upstream
> tarballs are packaged. All the rest is superfluous. Just ignore the
> lintian warning or add an override,
Why a recommends? In order to satisfy the spirit of policy ("every
binary must have a man page") it would need to be a depends, imo.
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Kind regards,
Bas Zoetekouw.
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