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Re: /usr/doc/ vs /usr/share/doc/



>>>>> "w" == w trillich <will@pinncomp.net> writes:

    w> after getting "apt-get upgrade" all clean (not that there isn't
    w> a hangnail now and then) i noticed that i've got lots of stuff
    w> in /usr/share/doc now. much of it looks just like the stuff
    w> i've already got under /usr/doc.

    w> is the /usr/share/doc stuff significant? should it replace the
    w> /usr/doc items? can i obliterate it?

/usr/doc == OLD
/usr/share/doc == NEW

however, at the moment, both are used, so don't delete either!

(/usr/doc should contain a symlink into /usr/share/doc for each
directory, so minimal space is wasted.)
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>


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