Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> You really think that is acceptable for the
> project?
Surely not: the new command has no manpage. :)
I'm attaching a patch that adds some documentation.
debian/README.Debian | 16 +++++++++++++++-
debian/changelog | 3 ++-
debian/nodejs.links | 1 +
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian
index 2ecf4315..05344f66 100644
--- a/debian/README.Debian
+++ b/debian/README.Debian
@@ -23,5 +23,19 @@ Please read npm-link(1) of npm package, to understand how to
properly
use npm-installed modules in a project.
Note that require.paths is not supported in future node versions.
-See also node(1) for more information about NODE_PATH.
+See also nodejs(1) for more information about NODE_PATH.
+
+nodejs command
+--------------
+
+The upstream name for the Node.js interpreter command is "node", and
+Debian provides the same (for now) for compatibility.
+
+That is a very generic name and there are other commands that use
+the same name in their upstreams, such as ax25-node from the "node"
+package.
+
+Scripts wishing to refer unambiguously to the Node.js interpreter
+can use the "nodejs" command instead.
+We are pursuing inclusion of this synonym upstream.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 936cf53e..740f00c7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ nodejs (0.6.14~dfsg1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
excess indendation, and sort by year and then name.
[ Jonathan Nieder ]
- * Add /usr/bin/nodejs as a symlink to node.
+ * Add /usr/bin/nodejs as a symlink to node and nodejs.1.gz as a
+ symlink to the node(1) manpage. Explanation in README.Debian.
Closes: #650343.
-- Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:50:29 +0200
diff --git a/debian/nodejs.links b/debian/nodejs.links
index ddab6c5e..5e1073bf 100644
--- a/debian/nodejs.links
+++ b/debian/nodejs.links
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
usr/bin/node usr/bin/nodejs
+usr/share/man/man1/node.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/nodejs.1.gz
--
1.7.10
