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Date:      Sun, 07 Jul 1996 14:16:25 BST
From:      Michael Searle <searle@longacre.demon.co.uk>
To:        questions@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ports suggestion
Message-ID:  <mE9FD8C3E@longacre.demon.co.uk>
References:  <199607070624.XAA01726@freefall.freebsd.org>

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owner-questions-digest@freefall.freebsd.org wrote:

>> "man xxxxx" is a standard Unix-ism for finding out how to use
>> something; Unix programs generally assume that the user knows how to
>> use Unix :-)

> Is it not in the best intrest of FreeBSD to encurage New users? We all
> had/have to start someplace!

> A simple 1 line: `See man xxxx(x) for documentation`, would point the
> new user in the right direction. xxxx(x) is not always easy to determine
> with some packages.

pkg_info -f does it - it gives you the packing list, which should include
any man pages provided. 0 out of 10 for 'easy for new users', though.

-- 
Michael Searle - searle@longacre.demon.co.uk



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