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Bug#203461: /usr/X11R6/man/man5/XF86Config-4.5x.gz: README.DRI goose chase



On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 08:48:34PM +1000, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 04:08:44PM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xfree86
> > Version: 4.2.1-9
> > Severity: minor
> > File: /usr/X11R6/man/man5/XF86Config-4.5x.gz
> > 
> > dpkg: *README.DRI* not found.
> > so don't say "also" in:
> >        Infrastructure.  Details about the format  of  this  section  can  be  found  in  the
> >        README.DRI  document, which is also available on-line at <http://www.xfree86.org/cur-
> >        rent/DRI.html>.
> 
> I'm reasonably sure that this document is shipped these days, maybe in
> xlibmesa3-gl or such; either way, what about the URL?

No, it isn't shipped, because it's non-free.  See debian/copyright.

> I'd confirm this one way or another, but I can't hit SVN normally, and the web
> interface needs updating for 0.26.

No, ViewCVS is busted on general principle.  A purportedly known good
patch is floating around but the package maintainer hasn't updated his
"bleeding edge" snapshot package.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |       The only way to get rid of a
Debian GNU/Linux                   |       temptation is to yield to it.
branden@debian.org                 |       -- Oscar Wilde
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |

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