clone 661625 -1
retitle -1 gwc manpage references missing gwd2 manpage
thanks

Quoting J G Miller (mil...@yoyo.org):
> Package: geneweb
> Version: 6.03-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> In the manual page for gwc it states
> 
>   The  primary  documentation  of gwc is in the HTML documentation, which
>   you can find in the documentation directory (/usr/share/doc/geneweb  on
>   Debian systems).
> 
>   Please look there for complete and up-to-date documentation.
> 
> This instruction is also repeated in the manual page for the other
> geneweb binaries consang, ged2gwb, gwb2ged, gwd, gwu.
> 
> However the directory /usr/share/doc/geneweb (or sub-directory thereof)
> contains no HTML files and a symbolic link to its-self
> 
>   0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root root     23 2012-02-28 16:08 doc_choice -> 
> /usr/share/doc/geneweb//
> 
> The lack of documentation makes creation of the geneological databases
> for use by GeneWeb a severe hurdle for new users.
> 
> The manual page for gwc also states
> 
>   SEE ALSO
>        gwc2(1)
> 
> but there is no manual page for gwc2 (nor corresponding binary to use).
> 
> Please would you consider including HTML documentation with this package.

I'll "fix" this by adding a README.docs-6.x file that points to
upstream stance (docs are outdated and the only doc is currently
online).

I also clone this bug as a separate bug report for this issue you
report about the missing gw2 manpage.


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