Create the man file¶
A simple man file is needed to make lintian happy. In the man directory create simpqt.1 and add the following to it.
.TH SIMPQT 1 "MARCH 2021" Linux "Just a Test"
.SH NAME
howdy \- howdy testing
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B simpqt [-test]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B simpqt
just a simple man page test
Now the directory structure looks like this.
john@d10cave:~/minimal-deb$ tree
.
└── simpqt
├── debian
│ ├── changelog
│ ├── compat
│ ├── control
│ ├── copyright
│ ├── files
│ ├── manpages
│ ├── rules
│ └── source
│ └── format
├── man
│ └── howdy.1
└── src
5 directories, 10 files