Re: SUGGESTION for Debian FAQ
Please do not cross-post to so many lists with general comments. Following
up to debian-user.
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:54:37PM +0700, Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim wrote:
> BTW, I tried to find out (in FHS and Debian Policy) the
> differences between /usr/doc/ and /usr/share/doc as well as
> why some documents are symbolic linked and why some are not.
> May I know why?
You looked in exactly the right places. FHS says (4.11.1):
<quote>
The /usr/share hierarchy is for all read-only architecture independent data
files.
</quote>
Which is clearly where documentation should go.
The symlinks are a transition mechanism, described in the Debian Policy
Manual:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s13.4
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