Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tar
Debian does not include the proper info documentation for tar because of licensing issues. Quoting from tar(1): 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 violates the Debian Free Software Guidelines. As a result, the info documentation for tar is not included in the Debian package. If you want to read the complete documentation for GNU tar, please refer to the online version at <http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/index.html> This man page was created for the Debian distribution. It does not describe all of the functionality of tar, and it is often out of date. My understanding is that Ubuntu has a less restrictive licensing policy (e.g. the inclusion of Firefox, restricted drivers..). Could this minor annoyance be relieved by including to proper info docs from GNU in Ubuntu? ** Affects: tar (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Proper info files for tar should be included https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280115 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs