Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > In a message dated 1/25/99 6:19:30 PM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Debian 1.3 is somewhat obsolete, but I think you need to install the > > man-db package, which is where the man command in 2.x is located. > > Why on earth isn't man part of the standard dist? I'd think it's important > enough - not everyone is a Linux guru when the get their first copy.
Every package in the base installation has to be potentially /necessary/ for the installation process itself, not just desirable, i.e. essential rather than important. For more details, see /usr/doc/debian-policy/policy.text.gz section 2.3.6 Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
