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Date:      Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:18:45 -0700 (MST)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        grog@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, alfred@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Man pages .Dd
Message-ID:  <20061130.081845.232929750.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20061129234157.GN42090@wantadilla.lemis.com>
References:  <200611292024.kATKOviH078532@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061129234157.GN42090@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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In message: <20061129234157.GN42090@wantadilla.lemis.com>
            "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
: On Wednesday, 29 November 2006 at 20:24:57 +0000, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
: > alfred      2006-11-29 20:24:57 UTC
: >
: >   FreeBSD src repository
: >
: >   Modified files:
: >     share/man/man9       uio.9
: >   Log:
: >   Bump .Dd, (9 year jump!)
: >
: >   Requested by: ru
: 
: This happened to me too last week.  I'm hazy about when, but my
: understanding has been that in the past .Dd *didn't* automatically get
: updated.  When should it be, when shouldn't it be?  If it should be
: automatic, we should write a macro which sets it from $FreeBSD$.

content changes, but not typos or formatting, is when it should be
bumpped.  Also on MFC, the date used is the one in -current, not the
date that you MFC.  This makes it hard to automate.

Warner



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