Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:10:30 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>, Mike Pritchard <mpp@mppsystems.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which OS does a man page come from? (was: cvs commit: src/bin/cp cp.1 src/bin/df df.1 src/bin/domainname domainname.1 src/bin/hostname hostname.1 src/bin/ln ln.1 symlink.7 src/bin/pax pax.1 src/bin/ps ps.1 src/bin/pwd pwd.1 realpath.1 src/bin/rcp rcp.1 src/bin/sh sh.1 src/bin/sh/bltin echo.1 ...) Message-ID: <20010726091030.R42993@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <95733.996053251@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 11:27:31AM %2B0200 References: <20010725085832.P75783@wantadilla.lemis.com> <95733.996053251@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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On Wednesday, 25 July 2001 at 11:27:31 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:58:32 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> Then you're missing the point. This is a serious issue. If we're >> documenting FreeBSD, we should say so, we shouldn't assume that the >> man pages will only be viewed on (the same revision of) FreeBSD. > > *shrug* > > I've always been happy with accepting that FreeBSD manuals are intended > for use on FreeBSD systems. If that works for you, fine. I've demonstrated that it doesn't work for everybody. Do you see a disadvantage in having man pages contain an explicit reference to the name of the system for which they're intended? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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