$ dlocate -man grass5.7 1 grass57 $ dlocate -man libgrass5.7 $ apt-cache policy libgrass5.7 *** 5.7.0-4 0 500 http://bullhorn.org unstable/main Packages Maybe man pages can be generated dynamically upon installation, saving package size. But they should still be in the file list I suppose. P.S., $ diff3 /usr/share/doc/*grass5.7*/changelog.gz; echo $? 0. i.e., all the same; tiny, and dated 2002 too. No README.debian too.