Bug#218436: I think no exception should be made
Josip Rodin <joy@srce.hr> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 11:56:40AM +0100, root wrote:
> > If a package contains a file like
> > /usr/sbin/foo123
> > and does not contain a suitable manpage, lintian fails to generate a
> > binary-without-manpage
> > error message.
> > It appears that this happens whenever the filename ends with a digit
> > (e.g. after renaming the above to /usr/sbin/foo123a, the error is
> > detected)
>
> This is actually supposed to be a feature, for programs that end in
> versions, like /usr/bin/*-[0-9].[0-9]. On second thought, I'll amend the
> default exception to only catch those, not _everything_ that ends in
> digits. Thanks.
I think there should be no exception at all: all binaries should have
manpages according to policy, and also if I do for example automake-1.4,
I want to have a manpage, even the correct one.
Usually, this is also the case, manpages are stored with their version
numbers, and the bare command ('automake' in this case) has also his
manpage symlinked to the versioned one. I consider it a policy violation
if - even a versioned binary - has no manpage.
If nobody objects, I'll completely drop the exception next week or so.
--Jeroen
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