From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 25 19:22:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09CCC16A4CE for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 19:22:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from tx2.oucs.ox.ac.uk (tx2.oucs.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ABD943D53 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 19:21:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from scan2.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.2.162] helo=localhost) by tx2.oucs.ox.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AkxK1-0005Pd-Kj for cvs-src@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 03:21:57 +0000 Received: from rx2.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.2.161]) by localhost (scan2.oucs.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.162]) (amavisd-new, port 25) with ESMTP id 20640-03 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 03:21:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.161.253]) by rx2.oucs.ox.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AkxK1-0005Pa-7L for cvs-src@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 03:21:57 +0000 Received: (qmail 319 invoked by uid 0); 26 Jan 2004 03:21:57 -0000 Received: from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk by gateway by uid 71 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (sweep: 2.14/3.71. spamassassin: 2.53. Clear:. Processed in 1.327484 secs); 26 Jan 2004 03:21:57 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk via gateway X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.16 (Clear:. Processed in 1.327484 secs) Received: from dhcp1131.wadham.ox.ac.uk (HELO piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk) (163.1.161.131) by gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk with SMTP; 26 Jan 2004 03:21:55 -0000 Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.1.20040126031528.0449f970@imap.sfu.ca> X-Sender: cperciva@imap.sfu.ca (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 03:21:51 +0000 To: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ), Wes Peters From: Colin Percival In-Reply-To: <200401251909.45346.wes@softweyr.com> References: <200401230450.i0N4omSZ049990@repoman.freebsd.org> <40123A86.3040102@aueb.gr> <200401251909.45346.wes@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/fetch fetch.1 X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 03:22:03 -0000 At 03:09 26/01/2004, Wes Peters wrote: >Roger Wilco. Is it OK to make a stronger recommendation that the user >consult fetch(3) for some rather critical information about how fetch(1) >really works? As it stands, the fetch(1) page really requires reading of >fetch(3) as well, which is fine as long as we lead the reader there with >a rather blunt instrument. I'd like to add my voice to this request -- when I found fetch(1) doing odd things a few months ago, it took me a long time to make the connection to, and read, fetch(3). (Maybe I'm just dense, but I suspect I'm no worse than the average user...) Colin Percival