Split all documentation into their own packages

Gonsolo gonsolo at gmail.com
Mon Sep 27 14:26:10 UTC 2010


>> You can do that relatively easily in Maverick thanks to a new dpkg
>> feature:
>>
>>   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReducingDiskFootprint#Drop%20unnecessary%20files
>
> Wouldn't it be better/safer to use
>
>    find /usr/share/doc -depth -type f ! -name copyright -delete || true
>    find /usr/share/doc -empty -delete || true
>
> instead of piping filenames through |xargs rm/rmdir?

Well, then you package system is destroyed/bewildered, isn't it?
I am looking for a way to leave apt/dpkg in a working state.

g




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