Bug#1009915: sysvinit: Please align with manpages-l10n and afterwards activate man page translations

[Helge Kreutzmann]

Hello Mark,
On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 07:25:16PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote:
> Thanks. I was expecting this after  #1001908 and your contribution to sysvinit
> upstream.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:45:47PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > For the benefit of Sysvinit using Debian users, it would be great if
> > you could enable the translations of the man pages during package
> > build;
> 
> I have had a quick look and I think the upstream support for this is still
> incomplete. Shouldn't there be a rule for building translated manpages in
> man/Makefile?

I did not yet check the details, I just had a quick look. I can check
more in detail in the weekend.

> > My request:
> > ===========
> > The only solution I can imagine is the Alternatives system, so we
> > identify which man pages conflict and both manpages-l10n and sysvinit
> > establish alternatives for those translations.
> 
> The other possibility might be dpkg-diverts. Perhaps that depends on how many
> conflicts there actually are/will be. I will try to quantify that more
> accurately.

That is an interesting idea. Than I wait for your analysis, thanks.

Greetings

         Helge
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