Comment 19 for bug 338408

2009/3/19 charliej <email address hidden>

> On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 13:03 +0100, Arnaud Quette wrote:
>
> [snip]
> >
> > * quickly looking, this must be due to the naming:
> > the manpages name have to match the binaries name.
> > so the fix here is to rename:
> > - python-coherence.1 to coherence.1
> > - python-coherence-applet.1 to applet-coherence.1 (beware of the words
> > ordering).
> >
> The above naming scheme is what I tried first. I have changed the
> manpage names to what you suggest and I still get the "no-manpage"
> lintian error for coherence and applet-coherence but yet the manpages
> are installed to the correct location. Should I use the override file?
> hmmm I wonder if this could be a possible bug in lintian?
>
> I only get this error when running lintian on the .deb. When I run
> lintian on the source package (dsc, changes) I do not get this error.
>

have you also updated debian/python-coherence.manpages accordingly?

remember that you have 3 points:
- the manpage file name
- the manpage title (ie .TH "NAME")
- the reference in the .manpages file

ensure that the 3 are the same

> * while you're working on that, you should also modify the 3rd .TH
> > field of the manpage to put the last manpage modification date (ie
> > "Thu Mar 19 2009"). It seems to be the standard here (thought I'm not
> > a groff / man guru!) and is more useful than sticking with a software
> > release that is always changing without mandatory impact on the
> > manpage...
> >
> Done
>
> > * lastly, you have a typo in the changelog:
> > + * Added debain/python-coherence.lintian-overrides
> > ^^
> > or are you trying to fork a new Debian based distro ;-p
> >
> hahahahaha, no, no, not forking, just a typo :)
> Done

;-)

> >
> > having the above, we should be fine.
> > Otherwise, I'll take on me to make the remaining changes and ping you
> > for the ubuntu sync on the Debian upload is done. alright?
>
> Cool
> I have pushed the changes to the launchpad branch
>

ok, I'll check that hopefully this evening if the children are not as ill as
yesterday!

thanks for your work on this Charlie.
we'll possibly have a private discussion on packaging together... in the
meantime, if you have any questions or doubt, feel free to contact me. I
have currently a slot allocated to you ;-)

Arnaud