Re: Undocumented binary
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 04:28:37PM +0200, Dennis Schoen wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:49:41AM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 03:23:59PM +0200, Karel Gardas wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have many binaries compiled from my source package and I would like to
> > > attach 'undocumented' man page to these files. How can I do it?
> >
> > Aigh, no, please don't do that!
> > Those drive me crazy!!
> >
> > The undocumented page provides no more information than
> > "No manual entry for foo" (but the former is much longer to
> > read). What is the point?
> policy :)
Does the policy not say that all binaries should have a manpage.
having a manpage saying that there is no manpage is the same as having non,
and i think it is not in the spirit of the policy.
Maybe all manpage needing binaries could be listed somewhere, and we could
have a manpage writing task ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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