Bug#414907: devscripts: Please include missing_manpage_finder script

2007-03-15 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 21:36 +, Julian Gilbey wrote: [...] > Another change which might be considered: either prepend each missing > manpage name with its directory (eg /usr/bin/foo rather than just foo) > or sort the list of missing manpages. Thanks for the suggestion - displaying full paths c

Bug#414907: devscripts: Please include missing_manpage_finder script

2007-03-15 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 08:32:11PM +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 09:40 +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > Julian Gilbey wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 12:17:03AM +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > [...] > > > There shouldn't be any non-executable files in those folders e

Bug#414907: devscripts: Please include missing_manpage_finder script

2007-03-15 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 09:40 +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > Julian Gilbey wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 12:17:03AM +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > [...] > > There shouldn't be any non-executable files in those folders except > > for symlinks. Why make life hard when we can make it easy? [...]

Bug#414907: devscripts: Please include missing_manpage_finder script

2007-03-15 Thread Adam D. Barratt
Julian Gilbey wrote: On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 12:17:03AM +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: [...] Personally I still prefer the find solution, but it really depends how we want to handle non-executable files located in the folders being traversed. There shouldn't be any non-executable files in thos

Bug#414907: devscripts: Please include missing_manpage_finder script

2007-03-15 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 12:17:03AM +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > The special-casing of /usr/bin/X11 is better than find, since we want > > also to catch missing manpages for symlinks, eg debc is a symlink to > > debi, but both require manpages. > > That was the intention of using -xtype in the

Bug#414907: devscripts: Please include missing_manpage_finder script

2007-03-14 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 22:09 +, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:17:31PM +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > I've attached my current revision of the script, which > > steals^Wincorporates some of the changes from your revision. My version > > adds a dependency on find, although t

Bug#414907: devscripts: Please include missing_manpage_finder script

2007-03-14 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:17:31PM +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > I've attached my current revision of the script, which > steals^Wincorporates some of the changes from your revision. My version > adds a dependency on find, although that's not a huge problem given that > findutils is Essential: ye

Bug#414907: devscripts: Please include missing_manpage_finder script

2007-03-14 Thread Adam D. Barratt
Hi, On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 18:57 +, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 11:10:18AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > Please include Branden's missing_manpage_finder script, from his Write the > > Fine Manual presentation. I have attached an updated version that Branden > > mailed me;

Bug#414907: devscripts: Please include missing_manpage_finder script

2007-03-14 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 11:10:18AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > Package: devscripts > Version: 2.9.27 > Severity: wishlist > > Please include Branden's missing_manpage_finder script, from his Write the > Fine Manual presentation. I have attached an updated version that Branden > mailed me; it in

Bug#414907: devscripts: Please include missing_manpage_finder script

2007-03-14 Thread Josh Triplett
Package: devscripts Version: 2.9.27 Severity: wishlist Please include Branden's missing_manpage_finder script, from his Write the Fine Manual presentation. I have attached an updated version that Branden mailed me; it includes GPL headers. You may want to rename the script to something like manp