Re: no lintian warning on undocumented(7) (was Re: Custom undocumented(7)s...)
- To: Chris Waters <xtifr@dsp.net>
- Cc: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>, debian-policy@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: no lintian warning on undocumented(7) (was Re: Custom undocumented(7)s...)
- From: Brian May <bam@debian.org>
- Date: 04 Feb 2000 08:55:22 +1100
- Message-id: <84aelihrxx.fsf@snoopy.apana.org.au>
- In-reply-to: Chris Waters's message of "03 Feb 2000 00:23:06 -0800"
- References: <20000118084743.B288@debian.org> <20000120025731.B3271@resonant.org> <87oga5u5cm.fsf@glaurung.green-gryphon.com> <84ya99jykg.fsf@snoopy.apana.org.au> <20000129093354.L30262@frederick.itri.loyola.edu> <20000129105404.V579@willamette.edu> <20000130001931.F14196@usatoday.com> <20000130142122.B5231@molehole> <20000130155901.A575@usatoday.com> <20000130133934.D19663@willamette.edu> <20000201235917.A852@kitenet.net> <87emauvgnp.fsf_-_@dsp.net>
>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Waters <xtifr@dsp.net> writes:
Chris> It's a bug report against lintian, not policy, but maybe
Chris> it's something we should discuss and decide on this group
Chris> anyway: should lintian report a warning for the use of
Chris> undocumented(7)?
I agree. I think lintian should report any problems with a package,
and IMHO it is a problem if the package doesn't include a man page or
has a man page linked to undocumented(7). If any of this is under
dispute, then maybe the policy needs to be rewritten to clarify the
issue.
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Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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