Re: In-Program documentation

[Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>]

Hi,

Nelson A. de Oliveira <naoliv@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/4/07, Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> wrote:
>> Justin Pryzby <jpryzby+d@quoininc.com> wrote:
>> > It's a little known requirement that packages continue to work after
>> > /u/s/doc is removed.  So it's not allowed to install required files
>> > there.  You could do (2) or (3) with links *from* u/s/d though.
>>
>> Where's this written? In the policy?
>
> Debian Policy section 12.3:
>
> (...)
> Packages must not require the existence of any files in
> /usr/share/doc/ in order to function [78]. Any files that are
> referenced by programs but are also useful as stand alone
> documentation should be installed under /usr/share/package/ with
> symbolic links from /usr/share/doc/package.
> (...)
>
> Note [78]: The system administrator should be able to delete files in
> /usr/share/doc/ without causing any programs to break.

Is anywhere said when a program break? Are missing help files (available
via menu entry) a breakage?

Regards, Jörg.
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