Re: question: /usr/doc and minimal system

1997-09-03 Thread Jack Chung
> Is there a way to cleanly not install a packages' /usr/doc files? I > could just 'rm -rf /usr/doc/*', but when I update or remove a package, > I'm sure I would get a postinst error and may not be successful. Here's my way: 1. change to /var/lib/dpkg/info 2. edit EVERY .list file and kill lines c

Re: question: /usr/doc and minimal system

1997-09-03 Thread Joey Hess
James D. Freels wrote: > Is there a way to cleanly not install a packages' /usr/doc files? I > could just 'rm -rf /usr/doc/*', but when I update or remove a package, > I'm sure I would get a postinst error and may not be successful. Actually, I've been doing just that - I have a low disk space ma

Re: question: /usr/doc and minimal system

1997-09-03 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, James D. Freels wrote: > I have a couple of GNU/Debian machines I use strictly as print > servers. It would be best with these machines to preserve as > much disk space in order to maximize spool area. They are already > configured with minimal packages and work fine. I am n

question: /usr/doc and minimal system

1997-09-03 Thread James D. Freels
I have a couple of GNU/Debian machines I use strictly as print servers. It would be best with these machines to preserve as much disk space in order to maximize spool area. They are already configured with minimal packages and work fine. I am now investigating ways to minimize disk space even mo