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Re: PLEASE: standard package README file/orientation



On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 12:12:47AM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> Why?  Because of all the times I've needed such information and it
> wasn't there or was hard to find.

What's insufficient about dpkg -L <package>? (Or, if you've forgotten
why you wanted to install the package, dpkg -s <package> to look at the
description again)

> Some packages don't have a documentation directory at all.

Erm. Every package must have /usr/doc/<package>/copyright (or
/usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright. Which ones don't?

Cheers,
aj 

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