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diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source index de10a628..cdbf32fe 100644 --- a/debian/README.source +++ b/debian/README.source @@ -6,3 +6,12 @@ debian/patches-applied and applied during the build. Please see: for more information on how to apply the patches, modify patches, or remove a patch. + +If you patch a man page or other XML documentation in the package, it +is important to include a patch both to the xml file and the resulting +nroff or other sources in your patch. much of the man pages is +installed in Multi-Arch: same packages, so the resulting documents +need to be identical. The best way to guarantee this is to include +the resulting document in the source.p + + -- Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>, Wed, 3 Feb 2021 12:26:39 -0500 |