From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Enge Subject: bug#24105: git package misses man pages Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:46:23 +0200 Message-ID: <20160729124623.GA31006@solar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46464) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bT7Bx-0006wp-7i for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 08:47:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bT7Bu-0001oG-Dk for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 08:47:05 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:52792) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bT7Bu-0001oB-AZ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 08:47:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bT7Bu-0001PC-4z for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 08:47:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46424) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bT7BP-0006s8-QI for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 08:46:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bT7BM-0001la-22 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 08:46:30 -0400 Received: from mailrelay2.public.one.com ([91.198.169.125]:65515) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bT7BL-0001lK-KM for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2016 08:46:27 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 24105@debbugs.gnu.org Hello, wondering why "git log --help" does not work, I thought that maybe there was a different doc output. But the man pages are actually hidden in a separate package called "git-manpages". This is surprising for the user. Also, the resulting package is quite small with only 2.3 MB. The reason for the separate package is given as this: ;; Granted, we could build the man pages from the 'git' package itself, ;; which contains the real source. However, it would add a dependency on a ;; full XML tool chain, and building it actually takes ages. So we use this ;; lazy approach. Building will most of the time happen on the build farm, so the time it takes should not be an issue. I suppose that the xml tool chain will only be a native and not a normal input, so it should not be too much of a problem. I suggest to include the man pages into the git package itself. If building them is a real issue, adding a source and the build phase of git-manpages to the git package itself could also be an option. Thanks! Andreas