GNU documentation incorrectly called non-free.

Filed in: Bugs.00339 · Modified on : Mon, 14 Jun 10

Summary
GNU documentation incorrectly called non-free.
Type
Bug
Category
mips-l
Raised by
FredWP_?
Date opened
2009–09–16
Description
I just noticed this when browsing through Synaptic Package Manager.

There is a category called “Documentation (non free)” under “Documentation” that offers several non-free documentation packages.

Here’s an example of one such listed package: Documentation for the GNU version of the “make” utility. This package contains the documentation for GNU Make. The upstream sources for this package are available at the location ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/. This package has been stripped down to only contain the documentation; since the documentation is covered under a non-free license and thus has been moved to non-free/doc. Make itself remains in Debian.

Status
Open
Importance
3
Target Release
none
Resolution
Date closed
Comments
Renamed the bug report. kgoetz

I’m on my way to make a .deb package to overcome this limitation from debian. pitof

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