Re: lintian - man pages
On 19-Oct-2001 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?
>
The other choice is to rename the file.
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