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Bug#555005: marked as done (ghostscript: help text should mention -doc package)

Your message dated Thu, 04 Jan 2024 20:59:18 -0600
with message-id <3592248.V25eIC5XRa@riemann>
and subject line Re: [ghostscript] Patch
has caused the Debian Bug report #555005,
regarding ghostscript: help text should mention -doc package
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Package: ghostscript
Version: 8.70~dfsg-2
Severity: normal


The ghostscript package can be installed without documentation, in
which case the help text has a broken pointer.  I suggest that the
help text mention the ghostscript-doc package, e.g. with the patch
below.

          - Jim Van Zandt

*** /tmp/doc-patch
--- psi/imainarg.c-orig	2009-11-07 12:55:19.000000000 -0500
+++ psi/imainarg.c	2009-11-07 12:56:01.000000000 -0500
@@ -878,7 +878,8 @@
  -sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,\n\
                                          embed %d or %ld for page #\n";
 static const char help_trailer[] = "\
-For more information, see %s.\n\
+For more information, see %s\n\
+   (from the Debian ghostscript-doc package).\n\
 Please report bugs to bugs.ghostscript.com.\n";
 static const char help_devices[] = "Available devices:";
 static const char help_default_device[] = "Default output device:";


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages ghostscript depends on:
ii  debconf [debc 1.5.28                     Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils   3.2.1                      Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  defoma        0.11.10-1                  Debian Font Manager -- automatic f
ii  ghostscript [ 8.70~dfsg-2                The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  gs-common     8.70~dfsg-2                Dummy package depending on ghostsc
ii  gsfonts       1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre44-4 Fonts for the Ghostscript interpre
ii  libc6         2.10.1-3                   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgs8        8.70~dfsg-2                The Ghostscript PostScript/PDF int

Versions of packages ghostscript recommends:
ii  psfontmgr                     0.11.10-1  PostScript font manager -- part of

ghostscript suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:51:05 +0200 bastien ROUCARIES 
<roucaries.bastien@gmail.com> wrote:
> tags 555005 + patch
> thanks
> 
> Indeed this patch could be carried by debian package

The patch is present, in: 2007_suggest_install_ghostscript-doc_in_code.patch

-Steve

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