Re: Bug#39830: debian-policy: [PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks
Bug information belongs in the bug tracking system. If someone can
manually set up a link then it would not be much of an additional effort
to put up a manpage with some useful information.
On 22 Jun 1999, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
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> If no manual page is available for a particular program, utility
> or function, this is a bug in the package. Until this is
> rectified, a symbolic link from the missing manual page to the
> undocumented(7) manual page must be provided. This indicates that
> you, the maintainer, are aware of this bug in your package.
>
> If a bug is reported on the package, do not close the bug
> report until a proper manpage is available.
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>
> And we change the wording in the undocumented(7) manual page
> to instead indicate that the maintainer is aware of the problem
> (after all, they did create the link), and let it go at that?
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