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Re: PLEASE: standard package README file/orientation



Shaul Karl writes:
> Are not the contents of /usr/share/doc/package contain this info?

No.  It usually just contains the Debian changelog, the copyright files,
and any miscellaneous docs from upstream (often none).

> Isn't 
>	dpkg -L package 
> yield the list of files that are installed by package?

That produces a list that is certain to be incomprehensible to a new user.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI



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