FS#50533 : [linux-docs] Symlink current documentation when installing/upgrading linux

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FS#50533 - [linux-docs] Symlink current documentation when installing/upgrading linux

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Quint Guvernator (qguv) - Saturday, 27 August 2016, 10:01 GMT
Last edited by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) - Monday, 20 August 2018, 21:52 GMT

Task Type	General Gripe
Category	Packages: Core
Status	Closed
Assigned To	Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Architecture	All
Severity	Very Low
Priority	Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	1 Quint Guvernator (qguv) (2016-09-19)
Private	No

Details

Currently, Linux documentation provided by the linux-docs package is installed in /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/Documentation. Documentation is generally put in /usr/share/doc as per the Packaging Guidelines, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who had trouble finding the Linux docs. Additionally, symlinking in the package means that users always have a path to the latest kernel documentation, without having to fiddle around with uname.

Patch attached. Please let me know if this would be better submitted elsewhere, or if there are formatting problems.

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Closed by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Monday, 20 August 2018, 21:52 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Fixed in trunk