Hi, On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 12:34:55AM +0100, Petr Baudis wrote: > Package: libc-bin > Version: 2.10.1-5 > Severity: wishlist > > The Debian glibc package introduces a number of custom manual pages > which are not in any kind of upstream and thus cannot be shared with > the rest of Linux community, which is quite unfortunate, since it > reduces usability of other Linux distributions but also reduces quality > of the documentation since less people see it and work on it. > > While upstream glibc does not maintain any manual pages, the > linux-man-pages projects collects all kind of Linux-related manual > pages, including glibc-specific manual pages not only on the API, but > also on tools (like ldd). It would be great if the Debian-specific > manual pages could be submitted there for review and inclusion. > > For some manual pages that _are_ upstream, e.g. ldd.1, the upstream > version is more up-to-date than the version currently included; this > should also demonstrate the value of taking these manpages from > upstream. :) On this subject, manpages-linux provides some manpages which are installed by manpages packages today: libc-bin: ldd.1|ldconfig.8|ld.so.8|gai.conf.5
You can find libc-bin and manpages copy of these manpages at: http://people.debian.org/~spaillard/libc-or-manpages/ Except ldconfig.8 which are better in libc-bin IMO, all other could be installed by manpages. Some per-page bugs were reported earlier: #564874 ld.so.8 an old request arrived too late for Wheezy, and ld.so by manpages-linux provides way more details. #665303 getent.1 has been fixed some month ago If you agree with this, the next manpages{,dev} upload will replace libc-bin with appropriate version, then you can drop them. -- Simon Paillard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
