LINTIAN

# `no-manual-page`

Each binary in `/usr/bin`, `/usr/sbin`, `/bin`, `/sbin` or `/usr/games` should have a manual page

Note that though the `man` program has the capability to check for several program names in the NAMES section, each of these programs should have its own manual page (a symbolic link to the appropriate manual page is sufficient) because other manual page viewers such as xman or tkman don't support this.

If the name of the manual page differs from the binary by case, `man` may be able to find it anyway; however, it is still best practice to match the exact capitalization of the executable in the manual page.

If the manual pages are provided by another package on which this package depends, Lintian may not be able to determine that manual pages are available. In this case, after confirming that all binaries do have manual pages after this package and its dependencies are installed, please add a Lintian override.

Severity: | `warning`
Experimental: | `false`
Renamed from: | `binary-without-manpage`

## See also

- Manual pages (Section 12.1) in the Debian Policy Manual

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag