Bug#467166: This is not gcc-doc-defaults bug
Nikita V. Youshchenko writes:
> reassign 467166 gcc
> thanks
>
> Matthias,
>
> This is not a bug in gcc-doc-defaults package. If gcc-doc is
> installed, 'man gcc' works as expected.
>
> The issue is in 'gcc' package, that it does not provide the man page (for
> those ugly licensing reasons), and does not give any hints to user on how
> to find the documentation.
>
> Not sure if it should be fixed or not.
> We may add obvious diversion-based trick (packages from main add stub man
> pages that reference the non-free packages, package from non-free divert
> those with real man pages) if you think it is appropriate.
hmm, I do see a gcc-4.2-doc-non-dfsg source package, but not a
gcc-4.3-doc-non-dfsg package, and at least on powerpc gcc-doc is not
available. IMO this report doesn't belong to gcc.
Matthias
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