Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.0 /usr/share/man/man5/deb-triggers.5.gz has just come to my attention. I can see why someone wanted to add it but I think the inclusion of this file in this form was a mistake.
If everything about the triggers machinery was done in manpages then absolutely, there should be a deb-triggers(5) and a deb-triggers(7) and so forth. But the documentation for triggers is in triggers.txt.gz. The dpkg trigger machinery is useful only to package maintainers. The concepts on which deb-triggers(5) and dpkg-trigger(1) depend are those of the dpkg trigger system as defined in the specification. I can see that there is an argument that /usr/bin/dpkg-trigger is useful to a sysadmin (but arguably the manpage should be in section 8), and thus having it documented in the form of a manpage is useful. But it is essential that the manpage give a reference to the full specification. (One might also consider whether the material which is currently duplicated between triggers.txt.gz and dpkg-trigger(1) should appear in only one place; removing the usage information from triggers.txt.gz should be done insofar as it would make that document clearer.) As for deb-triggers(5), I'm afraid that I think it should be removed. It is just a red herring. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-bugs-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
