Bug#106073: separate doc packages should not be unpacked to /usr/share/doc/[package]-doc/
On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 11:13:36AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> > On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Warren Turkal wrote:
> > > Package: debian-policy
> > > Version: 3.5.5.0
> > > Severity: normal
> > > The separate doc packages should unpack into either
> > > /usr/share/doc/[package] or /usr/share/doc/[package]/docs.
> > Where do you put the copyright and changelogs?
>
> You could use Replaces: cleverly and put it in
> /usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright if it's from the same source and has
> the same copyright restrictions.
Would that really work? What would happen if you install `package'
then `package-doc' and then purge `package-doc'? The copyright would
disappear AFAIK.
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