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Re: [proposal] remove the requirement to compress documentation



On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> writes:
> > To be a bit more specific on this: such a tool could be implemented
> > fairly trivially with a dpkg trigger. Just register a trigger that
> > triggers on any file under /usr/share/doc, and have it call gzip --best
> > on the files it is called with.
> 
> It would be a good idea for removing a package to remove its
> documentation.

If we're going that way, can we please do it the right way for once, and
instead of any hideous hacks from the underworld pits, implement a way to
assign [unknown to dpkg] files to an already installed package?

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  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh


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