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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-09-12 17:06:23 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-09-12 17:06:23 -0400
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@@ -16,4 +16,12 @@ git annex from a recent git build (4.20130909-g7f079d6) in Debian wheezy.
<del>This could be just a documentation problem...</del> Actually, the manpage can be read directly from the source tree in `doc/git-annex.mdwn`, but I still think it should be installed, for [[!wikipedia POLA]]'s sake. --[[anarcat]]
-I figured it out - that stuff is in the makefile, I updated [[install/cabal]] accordingly, so [[done]]. --[[anarcat]]
+I figured it out - that stuff is in the makefile, I updated [[install/cabal]] accordingly, so done. --[[anarcat]]
+
+> Doesn't seem right to me; Setup.hs has some stuff to do with
+> installing man pages. This does currently require that they
+> are distributed in pre-built form in the .tar.gz on hackage,
+> which I've just checked and they are.
+>
+> Perhaps cabal put the man pages somewhere else? After all, you
+> apparently did not set --datadir --[[Joey]]