Am 09.04.2014 23:01, schrieb Billy Crook: > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > Am 09.04.2014 22:05, schrieb Billy Crook: > > I would like to see logic like this: > > manpage files don't get installed unless/until: > > 1) packagename-manpages is requested to be installed by the user. that package would require the 'man' package. > > OR > > 2) package is installed AND man is installed. > > > > Don't wan't the manpages taking up disk space? remove the 'man' package and all manpages disappear. > > Don't use en_US and don't want to waste space on that either, remove the 'localization-en_US' package and its > > corresponding localizations of all installed packages will dispapear too > > packages i build at my own have "package-manpages" for any man/doc parts > on all the servers i maintain they are not installed > it's enough to have them on *one* central admin server > > > heck, on my desktop I might end up just yum installing *-manpages to save time later really? compared how often i reinstall a workstation (never) and how often i need a manpage because "command --help" don't answer the question that is unlikely how many manpages do you have installed and how many of them you ever viewed in the past let say 5 years? escpecially because the goal is to seperate things which does *not* mean they are not installed in most setups - a meta-package "postfix" can pull "postfix-server" and "postfix-manuals" while you can remove the metapackage and "postfix-manuals"
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