On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 04:48:47PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:45:36 +0900, Horms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 12:48:29AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > >> Since it may be desirable to have the doc packages installed at the > >> same time, I am considering splitting off the man pages into > >> kernel-manual-X.Y.Z (or linux-manual-X.Y.Z), which shall conflict > >> with and provide kernel-manual (or linux-manual) virtual > >> package. So, one may have multiple versions of kernel-doc installed > >> simultaneously, but only one of kernel-manuals packages installed. > > > That sounds fair enough, though could this also be solved with > > alternates? > > Well. There are an unknown number of section 9 man pages, so > the alternatives directives would have to be generated in the > postinst based on the man pages shipped. So, either we create per > version man page directory somewhere, or we generate a per version > prefix for each man page, and run through them to generate the > altrernatives and remove alternatives on the fly on install and > remove. > > This is doable, but enough of an hassle that I would rather > not do it unless there is an actual need for it -- do the man pages > change that dramatically?
Thanks, for the explanation. I would suspect that the manpages change at about the same speed as continental drift, and as such your solution sounds entirely reasonable. -- Horms -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
