Bug#556173: libc-bin: introduces custom manual pages / manpages package
Hi,
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:34:55AM +0100, Petr Baudis wrote:
> Package: libc-bin
> Version: 2.10.1-5
> Severity: wishlist
>
> The Debian glibc package introduces a number of custom manual pages
> which are not in any kind of upstream and thus cannot be shared with
> the rest of Linux community, which is quite unfortunate, since it
> reduces usability of other Linux distributions but also reduces quality
> of the documentation since less people see it and work on it.
>
> While upstream glibc does not maintain any manual pages, the
> linux-man-pages projects collects all kind of Linux-related manual
> pages, including glibc-specific manual pages not only on the API, but
> also on tools (like ldd). It would be great if the Debian-specific
> manual pages could be submitted there for review and inclusion.
>
> For some manual pages that _are_ upstream, e.g. ldd.1, the upstream
> version is more up-to-date than the version currently included; this
> should also demonstrate the value of taking these manpages from
> upstream. :)
On this subject, manpages-linux provides some manpages which are installed by
manpages packages today:
libc-bin: ldd.1|ldconfig.8|ld.so.8|gai.conf.5
You can find libc-bin and manpages copy of these manpages at:
http://people.debian.org/~spaillard/libc-or-manpages/
Except ldconfig.8 which are better in libc-bin IMO, all other
could be installed by manpages.
Some per-page bugs were reported earlier:
#564874 ld.so.8 an old request arrived too late for Wheezy, and ld.so by
manpages-linux provides way more details.
#665303 getent.1 has been fixed some month ago
If you agree with this, the next manpages{,dev} upload will replace libc-bin
with appropriate version, then you can drop them.
--
Simon Paillard
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