Bug 635254

Summary:	app-emulation/lxc[-doc]: no man-pages
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Greg Turner <gmturner007>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Tiziano Müller (RETIRED) <dev-zero>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	dlan, hwoarang, stasibear, virtualization
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/6561
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Greg Turner 2017-10-23 23:49:19 UTC

I noticed that app-emulation/lxc does not install manpages unless the "doc" use-flag is provided, and that no other documentation installation depends on said useflag.

Although I can't find any official word on the matter I think this behavior does not comport with traditionally accepted best-practice for ebuilds, so the "doc" flag should become a "man" flag.

See github PR #6034

Comment 1 Virgil Dupras (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-12-13 17:40:54 UTC

I don't know about that. From what I see, "man" is a seldom used locally-defined flag. In fact, I'm thinking there shouldn't be a use flag at all for manpages. From what I see from other packages, there seldom is an option to *not* build manpages and I don't really see the point in not building them.

Comment 2 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev

2017-12-15 22:58:30 UTC

The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=6b6afa0fb497cdb5d29f1ad16ef531f643c651a8

commit 6b6afa0fb497cdb5d29f1ad16ef531f643c651a8
Author:     Virgil Dupras <hsoft@hardcoded.net>
AuthorDate: 2017-12-15 20:58:38 +0000
Commit:     Matthias Maier <tamiko@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2017-12-15 22:58:16 +0000

    app-emulation/lxc: always build man pages
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/635254
    Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/6561
    Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.13, Repoman-2.3.3
    Signed-off-by: Matthias Maier <tamiko@gentoo.org>

 app-emulation/lxc/lxc-2.0.9.ebuild | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)