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diff --git a/installed-files.rst b/installed-files.rst index 19e72e4..6ccc1be 100644 --- a/installed-files.rst +++ b/installed-files.rst @@ -114,3 +114,23 @@ an empty installation image. Package managers rely on this for some optimizations. Also QA tools make certain assumptions about virtuals, e.g., that they must not assign the ``LICENSE`` variable (which would be impossible if they installed any files). + + +.. index:: + pair: installed files; manpages + +Installation of manpages +------------------------ +:PG: 0305 +:Source: QA +:Reported: no + +Packages must not disable installing manpages via USE flags (e.g. +``USE=man`` or ``USE=doc``). If upstream does not ship prebuilt +manpages and building them requires additional dependencies, +the maintainer should build them and ship along with the package. + +*Rationale*: Manpages are basic documentation for installed software. +While additional dependencies are inconvenient for users, not building +manpages is harmful. Including (optionally or unconditionally) +prebuilt manpages is a good compromise. |