Bug#879049: debian-policy: Clarify how nodoc is to be used with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS & DEB_BUILD_PROFILES

Jeremy Bícha <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Apr 2026 16:47:23 -0400

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I'm retitling this bug. Debian Policy 4.7.4 now has minimal
documentation of DEB_BUILD_PROFILES. It only specifically describes
nocheck and noinsttest.

Since nodoc is mentioned in the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS section, I think
it's important that Debian Policy be clear about how to use nodoc.
Debian Policy provides some examples of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS and
DEB_BUILD_PROFILES but it's missing a nodoc example.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha