Debian jessie does not include the gmp documentation

Joerg Arndt arndt at jjj.de
Mon Oct 26 19:28:43 UTC 2015


* Vincent Lefevre <vincent at vinc17.net> [Oct 26. 2015 20:05]:
> On 2015-10-26 16:42:20 +0100, Joerg Arndt wrote:
> > The file  /usr/share/doc/libgmp10/README.Debian
> > contains the mysterious sentences
> > 
> >   Sadly, due to licensing the GMP documentation is no longer shipped in
> >   Debian.  The package libgmp10-doc now contains only demo code.
> > 
> > Any explanation for this?
> 
> Non-free (with Debian's meaning). Use the non-free gmp-doc package.

Well, that is depressing. At the very least they should give the reason.
Someone tries to be more catholic than the pope, it seems.

Best regards,  jj

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