Re: Man deprecated, Info not there, -doc package? (was Re: Where do you RTFM ?)
On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 02:26:56PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 08:07:40AM -0600, Colin Watson
> (cjwatson@debian.org) wrote:
> > No, usually what's happened in these cases is that the man page is in
> > the main package while the info pages are in a separate -doc package
> > which you haven't got installed. When you type info, it can't find the
> > real info page, so it reverts to its neutered "try to view man pages"
> > mode instead.
>
> Hmm...
>
> If this is the case, I'd suggest it's a bug in Debian, and the man page
> should indicate that, not only is the Info page preferred, but that, if
> it's not found on the system, the appropriate Debian -doc package should
> be installed.
I agree. Filing bugs like that would be worthwhile.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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