#5161 HIGH Future : Install manual pages when the choice is made to do so.

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#5161: Install manual pages when the choice is made to do so.
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  Reporter:  sj      |       Owner:  dgilmore      
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  high    |   Milestone:  Future Release
 Component:  distro  |     Version:  Build 650     
Resolution:          |    Keywords:  man man-pages 
  Verified:  1       |    Blocking:                
 Blockedby:          |  
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Comment(by bernie):

 Replying to [comment:4 dking]:
 > Replying to [ticket:5161 sj]:

 > 1. Multiple packages available by YUM refuse to install the correct
 manual page expected. You cant even do a "man ls" and have it work.
 >
 > 2. Multiple packages in YUM created expressly to get this man page data
 installed locally are empty and installing them gives empty directories.
 This includes the "man" "Man-pages" and other development packages that
 should include the man pages for things like API calls (Like "man
 printf"), so basically installing these packages is a no-op that takes up
 space on the XO.

 This is due to "%_excludedocs 1" in /etc/rpm/macros.pilgrim.


 > 3. We still allow people to install the man page tools and man-pages
 packages; We need to allow the children to have the option to choose what
 they decide to put on the XO.

 A UI to toggle man pages seems overkill.  We could just document the
 %_excludedocs hack in the wiki for now.

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