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Re: How to let different programs use same man page



On 14/12/14 15:15, T o n g wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> What's the trick to have different programs use same man page when 
> packaging a Debian package? 
> 
> E.g., say I'm packaging gzip, and I want both `man gzip` and `man gunzip` 
> goes to the same man file. How can I make it happen? 

Looking at the gzip source, it seems that the solution is to make one
manpage a link to another manpage. Look at gunzip.1 to see what I mean:
http://sources.debian.net/src/gzip/1.6-4/gunzip.1/


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