Re: lintian - man pages
On Friday 19 Oct 2001 10:54 am, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> * Stephen Stafford
>
> [from policy]
>
> | It is often a good idea to put text information files (`README's,
> | changelogs, and so forth) that come with the source package in
> | `/usr/share/doc/<package>' in the binary package. However, you
> | don't need to install the instructions for building and installing
> | the package, of course!
>
> If the INSTALL file contains both building and installation
> instructions, and how to set up the package, what is then the correct
> way to handle that?
>
> Cut and paste the relevant portions into README.Debian or something?
I think so, yes. If it is instructions that the end user needs to know
then it should be in /usr/share/doc/package. README.Debian sounds like
a good place to me.
Cheers,
--
Stephen Stafford
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