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and subject line Re: [ghostscript] Patch
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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
<[email protected]> 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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