Subject: Packages without man pages...

From: Yves Arrouye <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 00:57:03 +0200

I'd like to suggest that packages without man pages but with an info
manual adds a minimal manual page telling the user to read the info
manual. It helps. As an example, after installing gimp, I ran it and
got a fatal error (no .gimprc file). I tried a man: no man page...
Quite frustrating, isn't it?

Yves.

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From: Rob Browning <[email-masked]>
Date: 04 Jun 1996 19:27:39 -0500

> Quite frustrating, isn't it?

Right, but I didn't know a better way to handle that.  I could say
something in the postinst, but that'll only help the installer.  So I
settled on the README.1st.  I'd be happy to entertain better
solutions.  Perhaps this behavior should be filed as a bug upstream...

I like the man points to info idea...

--
Rob