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Re: debian gnome2.0 man pages



On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 06:31:27PM +0100, Shaun Merrigan wrote:
> If this is the wrong list for this sorry please mail me the correct mailing 
> list
> 
> I wonder if anyone on this list can answer a few of my questions
> concerning debian's manpages for gnome2.0
> 
> It seems Debian have a few (32 that I could find) manpages relating to 
> gnome2.0 that are not part
> of the gnome cvs repository.
> 
> Many of debian man pages have this message at the tail
> 
> 	This manual page was written for the Debian  GNU/Linux  dis-
> 	tribution	because	 the  original	program	 does  not have a
> 	manual page. ....for  the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may
> 	be used by others).
> 
> Where are these man pages located?

man pages are part of the Debian package. You can usually find them inside
the debian source directory for the package, with extensions like .1 and .5.

> I think bugs should be opened at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/ (with debian's 
> manpages attached)
> for modules without a man page.

Sounds like a good idea.

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