[Bug 1249073] [NEW] Saucy packages for zsh are missing manpages

[Vin Shankar]

Public bug reported:

According to the zsh site, "The main shell build already comes with
manual pages and a Texinfo source".  However, the zsh package in saucy
(package version 5.0.2-3ubuntu6 - 'zsh --version' reports "zsh 5.0.2
(x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)") does not include manpages, although the
preformatted versions from zsh-doc are available through that package,
providing a workaround.

It should also be noted that /usr/share/man/man1/zsh5.1.gz exists as a
(broken) link to zsh.1.gz.

I have checked the zsh stable release tarball, and can confirm that
/zsh-5.0.2/Doc/ therein contains the expected files, so I'm not sure why
they're missing from the Ubuntu package.

I have also run an "apt-file search zsh.1.gz", and received only files
from the 'fizsh' (a zsh frontend) and 'manpages-pl' (polish translations
of manpages) packages, so it's not that the manpages have been split
into some other package.

Presumably due to the manpages being missing from the package,
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/saucy/en/man1/zsh.1.html redirects
to http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/raring/en/man1/zsh.1.html - the
manpage for zsh 5.0.0 from Raring.

** Affects: zsh (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Saucy packages for zsh are missing manpages

Status in “zsh” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  According to the zsh site, "The main shell build already comes with
  manual pages and a Texinfo source".  However, the zsh package in saucy
  (package version 5.0.2-3ubuntu6 - 'zsh --version' reports "zsh 5.0.2
  (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)") does not include manpages, although the
  preformatted versions from zsh-doc are available through that package,
  providing a workaround.

  It should also be noted that /usr/share/man/man1/zsh5.1.gz exists as a
  (broken) link to zsh.1.gz.

  I have checked the zsh stable release tarball, and can confirm that
  /zsh-5.0.2/Doc/ therein contains the expected files, so I'm not sure
  why they're missing from the Ubuntu package.

  I have also run an "apt-file search zsh.1.gz", and received only files
  from the 'fizsh' (a zsh frontend) and 'manpages-pl' (polish
  translations of manpages) packages, so it's not that the manpages have
  been split into some other package.

  Presumably due to the manpages being missing from the package,
  http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/saucy/en/man1/zsh.1.html redirects
  to http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/raring/en/man1/zsh.1.html - the
  manpage for zsh 5.0.0 from Raring.

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