Bug#354283: can't just strip xterm.faq.html into xterm.faq.gz

[Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com>]

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Dan Jacobson wrote:

> Package: xterm
> Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11
> Severity: wishlist
> File: /usr/share/doc/xterm/xterm.faq.gz
>
> xterm.faq.gz says:
>
> How do I report bugs?
>
>   You should report bugs to me.
>
> At the top of the file it says Thomas E. Dickey
> Might that be dickey@his.com? That information is not something that
> can be had from xterm.faq.gz.

yes.

> No wonder. You can't just take xterm.faq.html and strip it into
> xterm.faq.gz without creating such jokes. At least use lynx -dump. Or
> perhaps just don't ship xterm.faq.gz.

I see xterm.faq.html.gz in the same directory.

> Also in the xterm.faq.html be sure all the links are still valid.
> There were even some local file:/// ones broken.

hmm - I'm looking at revision 1.84, which seems ok (though pointers
to other sites tend to be unreliable).

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