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It already exists: http://packages.qa.debian.org/i/info2man.html http://packages.qa.debian.org/i/info2man.html It's odd that Debian doesn't simply use it inste
by avar 16y ago
It already exists: http://packages.qa.debian.org/i/info2man.html http://packages.qa.debian.org/i/info2man.html
It's odd that Debian doesn't simply use it instead of creating their own bastardized manpages of GNU programs.
- rbanffy 16y agoLike I said, why keep using 60's tech when there is 70's tech available? A man2info tool and linking man to info would solve the problem just fine.
- avar 16y agoSome people don't like to read docs with info(1) for whatever reason. Having the full manual in the manpage instead of giving them a stub would be preferable.
- nuclear_eclipse 16y agoFrom my current install of Ubuntu: The GNU folks, in general, abhor man pages, and create info documents instead. *Unfortunately, the info document describing tar is licensed under the GFDL with invariant cover texts, which makes it impossible to include any text from that document in this man page*. Most of the text in this document was automatically extracted from the usage text in the source. It may not completely describe all features of the program.