packaging question: "binary-without-manpage"

[Khashayar Naderehvandi]

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Nathan Handler <nhandler at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Khashayar Naderehvandi
> <khashayar.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What is one supposed to do if there's no manpage provided with the source?
>
> If upstream does not provide a man page, it is up to you to create
> one. Usually, if upstream is active, they will be more than glad to
> assist you with writing the man page. If they aren't, you can base the
> man page on the provided documentation (if any). The man page doesn't
> need to be the next great novel. It just needs to outline the basic
> usage of the program. Feel free to look at some of the other man pages
> that are included in Ubuntu packages to see an example. [1] might
> prove useful when writing the man page.
>
> Nathan Handler (nhandler)
>
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/SupplementaryFiles#Man%20Pages
>

Thanks, that's exactly what I needed!
I'm gonna start off with some really basic man page then, just to get
it to the next step.

Khashayar