Date: 26 Jul 1999 12:59:57 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mentioning RFC numbers in /etc/services Message-ID: <xzpu2qrad76.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn's message of "Sat, 24 Jul 1999 15:07:09 %2B0200" References: <56928.932821629@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> writes: > I plan to mention in the comments for each service in /etc/services, the > latest RFC describing the service. Good idea. > I also plan to mention in the manpage > for services(5) the e-mail address to which requests for "How do I get > the RFCs" should be sent. Don't. Instead, put it in a separate rfc(7) man page which you refer to in the services(5) man page. While you're at it, search all the other man pages for the string "RFC" and add a reference to rfc(7) to every page that lists an RFC as reference (e.g. fetch(3)). des@des ~/yes% current -l RFC | grep '\.[0-9]' src/contrib/amd/scripts/expn.1 src/contrib/bind/doc/man/dig.1 src/contrib/bind/doc/man/dnskeygen.1 src/contrib/bind/doc/man/getnetent.3 src/contrib/bind/doc/man/hostname.7 src/contrib/bind/doc/man/mailaddr.7 src/contrib/bind/doc/man/named-xfer.8 src/contrib/bind/doc/man/named.8 src/contrib/bind/doc/man/nslookup.8 src/contrib/bind/doc/man/resolver.3 src/contrib/bind/doc/misc/FAQ.1of2 src/contrib/bind/doc/misc/FAQ.2of2 src/contrib/egcs/libio/dbz/dbz.1 src/contrib/egcs/libio/dbz/dbz.3z src/contrib/ipfilter/ipsend/ipresend.1 src/contrib/ipfilter/ipsend/ipsend.5 src/contrib/ipfilter/man/ipftest.1 src/contrib/isc-dhcp/client/dhclient.conf.5 src/contrib/isc-dhcp/client/dhclient.leases.5 src/contrib/isc-dhcp/common/dhcp-options.5 src/contrib/libpam/doc/man/pam.8 src/contrib/libpam/doc/man/pam_authenticate.3 src/contrib/libpam/doc/man/pam_chauthtok.3 src/contrib/libpam/doc/man/pam_fail_delay.3 src/contrib/libpam/doc/man/pam_open_session.3 src/contrib/libpam/doc/man/pam_setcred.3 src/contrib/libpam/doc/man/pam_start.3 src/contrib/libpam/doc/man/pam_strerror.3 src/contrib/libpam/doc/specs/rfc86.0.txt src/contrib/opie/opie.4 src/contrib/opie/opieftpd.8 src/contrib/patch/patch.1 src/contrib/perl5/Changes5.004 src/contrib/sendmail/src/sendmail.8 src/contrib/tcp_wrappers/hosts_access.5 src/contrib/tcp_wrappers/hosts_options.5 src/contrib/tcp_wrappers/tcpd.8 src/contrib/tcpdump/tcpdump.1 src/crypto/telnet/telnetd/telnetd.8 src/gnu/usr.bin/rcs/co/co.1 src/lib/libc/net/getnetent.3 src/lib/libc/net/resolver.3 src/lib/libc/rpc/rpc.3 src/lib/libc/rpc/rpc_secure.3 src/lib/libc/sys/rfork.2 src/lib/libc/xdr/xdr.3 src/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 src/lib/libmd/mdX.3 src/lib/libradius/libradius.3 src/lib/libradius/radius.conf.5 src/lib/libz/zlib.3 src/libexec/bootpd/bootpd.8 src/libexec/bootpd/bootptab.5 src/libexec/bootpd/tools/bootpef/bootpef.8 src/libexec/bootpd/tools/bootptest/bootptest.8 src/libexec/fingerd/fingerd.8 src/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 src/libexec/telnetd/telnetd.8 src/libexec/tftpd/tftpd.8 src/sbin/i386/cxconfig/cxconfig.8 src/sbin/md5/md5.1 src/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8 src/sbin/mountd/exports.5 src/sbin/mountd/mountd.8 src/sbin/nfsd/nfsd.8 src/sbin/routed/routed.8 src/sbin/routed/rtquery/rtquery.8 src/sbin/spppcontrol/spppcontrol.8 src/share/examples/mdoc/example.1 src/share/examples/mdoc/example.3 src/share/man/man4/ifmib.4 src/share/man/man4/ip.4 src/share/man/man4/sppp.4 src/share/man/man4/tcp.4 src/share/man/man4/ttcp.4 src/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 src/share/man/man7/mailaddr.7 src/share/man/man9/MD5.9 src/usr.bin/fetch/fetch.1 src/usr.bin/finger/finger.1 src/usr.bin/ftp/ftp.1 src/usr.bin/showmount/showmount.8 src/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 src/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4 src/usr.sbin/atm/atmarpd/atmarpd.8 src/usr.sbin/atm/scspd/scspd.8 src/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8 src/usr.sbin/mrouted/mrouted.8 src/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8 src/usr.sbin/pppd/pppd.8 src/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8 src/usr.sbin/rndcontrol/random.4 src/usr.sbin/xntpd/doc/xntpd.8 src/usr.sbin/xntpd/doc/xntpdc.8 DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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