[Pkg-pascal-devel] Bug#954676: Bug#954676: pasdoc: FTBFS: dh_installman: error: Could not determine section for ./pasdoc.1

[Michalis Kamburelis]

Paul Gevers <elbrus at debian.org> napisał(a):
>
> Hi Michalis,
>
> On 30-03-2020 14:11, Michalis Kamburelis wrote:
> > Do we know what the message "Could not determine section for" means,
> > or how to investigate it? I mean, this manpage should go to section 1
> > ("User Commands"), which is indicated both by the filename "pasdoc.1"
> > and by text inside "pasdoc(1)". Why does the dh_installman not catch
> > it?
>
> I don't know but if nobody does, I'll figure it out. I consider this a
> stupid regression of help2man and/or dh_installman, but there's probably
> a reason.
>
> > If necessary, I can easily create a proper manpage upstream (that
> > would be available in our repository, without the need for help2man),
> > I just need to know what is exactly required / necessary to avoid :)
>
> Let's not go that route unless you as upstream really want to support a
> proper man page. I mean, apparently you never really consider the
> program to lack a dedicated man page. Obviously if you think otherwise
> because of this issue, feel free to draft (and maintain) a man page
> upstream, but otherwise I am totally happy to ship a man page created
> with help2man. I assume you do maintain the --help option.
>

Thank you for looking into this.

Indeed, as upstream it is easier for me to *not* maintain a dedicated
webpage, and instead rely on "pasdoc --help" and help2man. The manpage
generated this way looks satisfactory I think (at least for us, humans
-- it seems only some programs complain :) ). So if we can fix this
without adding a dedicated man page, that's great.

Regards,
Michalis