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Re: More questions



Mike Furr <mfurr@debian.org> writes:

> Jérôme Marant wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm a bit confused about files shipped in /usr/share/doc.
>> Some are links, some are plain copies.
>> README.Debian is shipped by ocaml-base-nox, ocaml-nox links to it.
>> But ocaml does not provide it, nor provides a link to it.
> The -7 package on my system only shows the file installed for
> ocaml-base-nox, so I'm not sure what has happened to the other packages
> since I did the split.  IMO, the ocaml package should definitely include
> the file (as well as the other packages), I guess I just missed it.  I
> believe I used links instead of copies since it seemed silly to copy the
> same file across 4 different packages.

OK.

>> About NEWS.Debian: what package should ship it? Are all packages
>> meant to provide it (or a link to it)?
> Whatever packages it relates to I would think.  The reason the
> README.Debian file was linked everywhere is because it discusses the
> split, so it was useful to mention it in each package.

It was the right thing I think.

Thanks for making thing clearer!

-- 
Jérôme Marant



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