Paul E Condon <p...@mesanetworks.net> writes: > I know that there is some Gnu nonsense about the license on > info documents the keeps them from bein part of debian main, > but how can I gain access to them as an individual user? > > Is there a document giving information about how to deal > with this problem for the ordinary user? What URL?
In general, packages that are effected by this are broken into two, with the non-free bits given a name like *-non-dfsg (i.e., emacs21-common-non-dfsg) or *-nonfree (i.e., texinfo-nonfree). Sometimes, though, the nonfree stuff doesn't get a special name (i.e., tar-doc). There's no guarantee that this will all be done at the same time. Sometimes the nonfree stuff gets removed from the main package some weeks or months before a corresponding non-free package is prepared. So there is no fixed rule for how to deal with this. When you find an info file is missing, you'll have to do a bit of searching in the nonfree doc repositories to sort out what you need, and if it's available. You can always add new info files manually in /usr/local/share/info/ if you want to avoid the whole issue. Cheers, Tyler -- Who is your computer working for? http://www.defectivebydesign.org/faq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
