Re: why info-doc non-free
> 1.*I* could've been able to look to /usr/share/doc/texinfo by myself.
> Though I must say, this is now the first time that I generally speaking
/usr/share/doc/<pkg> is the *canonical* location of documentation
in Debian.
> with man, info and on the official project pages). But I wouldn't have
> looked into .../changelog.Debian.gz, but into README.Debian, where I
You searched for an *explanation*, the correct explanation is simply
that the license is not DFSG free. End of the story.
Furthermore, have you *read*
/usr/share/doc/texinfo/README.Debian
??? There it is written:
Documentation
=============
This package does not contain the info documentation of info and texinfo,
as they are licensed under the GNU Free Document License with Cover Texts,
which is considered as non-free in Debian.
The documentation can be found in the package texinfo-doc-nonfree in the
non-free section.
I think this is enough information written, and in the *absolutely:
correct location, README.Debian.
> Furthermore I looked for the bug on the project page
> (http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/texinfo/), not finding it.
Absolutely no relation. We are discussing *only* the packaging of
texinfo in Debian.
> 2. We're talking about the texinfo-nonfree-package, which also has the
> document for 'info info', which should really be easily accessibly for
man info
(as you said you *are* using man) is telling you what you want:
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for info is provided by the texinfo-doc-nonfree package as a Texinfo manual. If
this package is installed at your site, the command
info info
should give you access to the complete manual. (Or, if you have Emacs, M-x info will lead to the man‐
ual.)
So I really really really don't have the slightest idea what you are
complaining about, besides that you didn't read what was clearly
stated in README.Debian.
mfg
Norbert
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