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Subject: docs/10659: mdoc(7) doesn't mention IMPLEMENTATION NOTES section
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>Number:         10659
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Many syscall man pages have an IMPLEMENTATION NOTES section
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 18 13:50:01 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Robert Watson
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

FreeBSD 4.0; man pages.

>Description:

Many syscall man pages have an IMPLEMENTATION NOTES section to describe how
they are implemented.  mdoc(7) does not include this section name in the
acceptable sections list.  It should be added.

>How-To-Repeat:

man 2 write
man 7 mdoc

>Fix:
	
Add IMPLEMENTATION NOTES and optionally a description.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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