Re: Bug#39830: debian-policy: [PROPOSED]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks
Hi,
How about:
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If no manual page is available for a particular program, utility
or function, this is a bug in the package. Until this is
rectified, a symbolic link from the missing manual page to the
undocumented(7) manual page must be provided. This indicates that
you, the maintainer, are aware of this bug in your package.
If a bug is reported on the package, do not close the bug
report until a proper manpage is available.
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And we change the wording in the undocumented(7) manual page
to instead indicate that the maintainer is aware of the problem
(after all, they did create the link), and let it go at that?
manoj
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