The package not in "main" but in "non-free" due to license restrictions.
Most probably you don't "non-free" in your /etc/apt/sources.list.
The docs are available on http://dev.mysql.com anyway so it's no big
problem if you don't want non-free stuff on your computer.
thanks for your response.
In my sources.list I do have the non-free section included, but the
package still isn't showing up.
# apt-get update
# apt-cache search mysql|grep -i doc
gnade-doc - Documentation files for the GNat Ada Database Environment
libwww-doc - The W3C WWW library - documentation
sqlrelay-doc - SQL Relay Documentation
I also checked on p.d.o before filing the report, and the package was not
shown there except for 'oldstable'.
http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=mysql-&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all
So I think there may be something (minor) amiss.
Kind regards
Vince
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