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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 06:04:55 -0600
From: Mike Pritchard <mpp@mppsystems.com>
To: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <jruigrok@via-net-works.nl>
Cc: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/stdlib Makefile.inc
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On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 11:15:40AM +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote:
> -On [20001029 11:00], Eivind Eklund (eivind@FreeBSD.org) wrote:
> >  Modified files:
> >    lib/libc/stdlib      Makefile.inc 
> >  Log:
> >  Add link malloc.conf.5 -> malloc.3
> 
> I have asked phk about this in the past and he had a reason for not
> wanting this.  However I cannot remember it right now.

Does the MLINK actually get installed correctly in this case?
I don't think we have any other man pages that do cross-section
links like this.  Does it "whatis malloc.conf" report the correct 
thing?  If I remember right, cross-section links like this cause problems.

Also, the malloc(3) man page does not include malloc.conf in its name
section, so that is an mdoc style violation.

I think this commit is a bad idea.  There should be a real malloc.conf.5
man page instead.

-Mike
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Mike Pritchard
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