Re: No manpage for gcc is a policy violation
Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso writes:
> I'm well aware of Debian's stance on GFDL docs (though I have a hard
> time agreeing with it myself), but an important package like not
> containing a manpage at all is a policy violation, and having the
> manpage along with the rest of the documentation in the non-free
> section is unacceptable, as Debian does not consider the non-free
> section to be part of Debian.
>
> I expect the GFDL fiasco to get resolved once Eben Moglen writes a new
> draft of the GFDL, but in the meantime, gcc needs at the very least a
> stub manpage in order to conform with policy. I attach such a stub
> with the hopes that it can be added to gcc.
I disagree, the man page basically is a place holder, adding a
conflict to the gcc-4.1-doc package. gcc(1) is not the only man page
not built anymore from the gcc-4.1 source, and many man pages from
other packages are not built anymore. A paragraph in the release notes
would be more appropriate.
Matthias
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