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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-14 13:42:30 +0000
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+Tag: no-manual-page
+Severity: warning
+Check: documentation/manual
+Renamed-From: binary-without-manpage
+Explanation: Each binary in <code>/usr/bin</code>, <code>/usr/sbin</code>, <code>/bin</code>,
+ <code>/sbin</code> or <code>/usr/games</code> should have a manual page
+ .
+ Note that though the <code>man</code> program has the capability to check for
+ several program names in the NAMES section, each of these programs
+ should have its own manual page (a symbolic link to the appropriate
+ manual page is sufficient) because other manual page viewers such as
+ xman or tkman don't support this.
+ .
+ If the name of the manual page differs from the binary by case, <code>man</code>
+ may be able to find it anyway; however, it is still best practice to match
+ the exact capitalization of the executable in the manual page.
+ .
+ If the manual pages are provided by another package on which this package
+ depends, Lintian may not be able to determine that manual pages are
+ available. In this case, after confirming that all binaries do have
+ manual pages after this package and its dependencies are installed, please
+ add a Lintian override.
+See-Also: debian-policy 12.1