Re: usr/share/doc and dhelp
Am 22.07.99 schrieb ujr # pbtrs2.phy.tu-dresden.de ...
Moin Ulf!
UJR> Some packages already did move their doc directory. If they had dhelp
UJR> or doc-base support there's a .dhelp file in the old /usr/doc/<package>
UJR> and its subdirectories. Obviously this is not removed when dpkg removes
This is wrong, if you use dhelp directly. As the .dhelp is a static file
created during the build of the package, dpkg will remove it.
UJR> 1) What to do with package's leftover? I guess filing a bugreport should
UJR> be appropriate.
Yeah, against your own package :)? Maybe you have forgotten to tell doc-
base (if you use doc-base) in prerm to "check out" your package? The
problem with doc-base is that it creates the .dhelp file dynamically
during the installation process of a package.
cu, Marco
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