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Date:      Sun, 29 Jul 2001 07:01:06 -0700
From:      Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libmp mp.3 
Message-ID:  <20010729140111.ED1863E2F@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
In-Reply-To: <71355.996415151@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on "Sun, 29 Jul 2001 15:59:11 %2B0200"

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Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> writes:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2001 06:47:59 MST, Dima Dorfman wrote:
> 
> > They are related in ways other than being in the same library; they
> > all comprise one, standalone interface.  There is ample precedent for
> > this: libalias, libdisk, libradius, libstand, libtacplus, and libusb
> > (submitted by: `ls /usr/share/man/man3/lib*`).
> 
> [sheldonh@axl] $ man 3 alias
> No entry for alias in section 3 of the manual
> [sheldonh@axl] $ man 3 disk
> No entry for disk in section 3 of the manual
> [sheldonh@axl] $ man 3 radius
> No entry for radius in section 3 of the manual
> [sheldonh@axl] $ man 3 stand
> No entry for stand in section 3 of the manual
> [sheldonh@axl] $ man 3 tcplus
> No entry for tcplus in section 3 of the manual
> 
> Of the examples you quote, only usb(3) follows the broken naming
> convention.  If you're going to use this approach, please name the
> manual page properly, as libmp(3).

Very well, I'll change it.  FWIW, "mp(3)" is what SunOS called
(calls?) this man page, which is why I chose it.  Although I honestly
don't care what it's called (with reason, of course).

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