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Date:      Mon, 2 Dec 1996 11:20:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      S Sigala <ssigala@globalnet.it>
To:        freebsd-bugs
Subject:   Re: docs/2134: Some fixes to man pages (typos, mdoc style, etc.)
Message-ID:  <199612021920.LAA06979@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR docs/2134; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: S Sigala <ssigala@globalnet.it>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Cc:  Subject: Re: docs/2134: Some fixes to man pages (typos, mdoc style, etc.)
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 21:12:12 +0100 (MET)

 On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Garrett Wollman wrote:
 > > +.br
 > 
 > It is an error to use .[a-z][a-z] requests in a -mdoc page.  Only
 > .[A-Z][a-z] requests are permitted.
 > 
 > > +.Va MANPATH
 > 
 > Should be .Ev.
 > 
 Argh... sorry, i have broken instead of fixing  :-(
 
 anyway.. i have some other (.Xr) fixes... please take a look, 
 thanks for your patience :-)
 
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 diff -u -r1.2 sysexits.3
 --- sysexits.3	1996/04/08 04:18:00	1.2
 +++ sysexits.3	1996/12/02 18:57:14
 @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
  parenthesis for easy reference.
  .Sh SEE ALSO
  .Xr exit 3 ,
 -.Xr style 9 .
 +.Xr style 9
  .Sh HISTORY
  The
  .Nm sysexits
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 --- ccd.4	1996/11/07 04:10:55	1.4
 +++ ccd.4	1996/12/02 18:59:17
 @@ -112,4 +112,4 @@
  .Xr disklabel 8 ,
  .Xr fsck 8 ,
  .Xr mount 8 ,
 -.Xr newfs 8 .
 +.Xr newfs 8
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 diff -u -r1.5 ch.4
 --- ch.4	1996/10/18 20:22:03	1.5
 +++ ch.4	1996/12/02 19:28:18
 @@ -107,5 +107,4 @@
  .Sh HISTORY
  The
  .Nm
 -driver appeared in 386BSD 0.1
 -
 +driver appeared in 386BSD 0.1.
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 diff -u -r1.2 divert.4
 --- divert.4	1996/07/11 02:08:30	1.2
 +++ divert.4	1996/12/02 19:01:50
 @@ -127,8 +127,8 @@
  .Xr ipfw 8 ,
  .Xr socket 2 ,
  .Xr bind 2 ,
 -.Xr sendto 2 .
 -.Xr recvfrom 2 ,
 +.Xr sendto 2 ,
 +.Xr recvfrom 2
  .Sh BUGS
  This is an attempt to provide a clean way for user mode processes
  to implement various IP tricks like address translation, but it
 Index: share/man/man4/ifmib.4
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 diff -u -r1.1 ifmib.4
 --- ifmib.4	1996/11/15 19:49:41	1.1
 +++ ifmib.4	1996/12/02 19:28:44
 @@ -179,4 +179,3 @@
  .Nm
  interface first appeared in
  .Fx 2.2 .
 -
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 diff -u -r1.3 intro.4
 --- intro.4	1996/08/21 22:01:14	1.3
 +++ intro.4	1996/12/02 19:28:48
 @@ -162,8 +162,8 @@
  .Xr socket 2 ,
  .Xr hier 7 ,
  .Xr config 8 ,
 -.Xr MAKEDEV 8 ,
 -.Xr devfs 5 Pq not yet existent .
 +.Xr MAKEDEV 8
 +.\" Xr devfs 5 Pq not yet existent .
  .Sh AUTHORS
  This man page has been written by
  .if t J\(:org Wunsch
 @@ -173,4 +173,3 @@
  .Nm intro
  appeared in
  .Fx 2.1 .
 -
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 diff -u -r1.6 scsi.4
 --- scsi.4	1996/10/18 20:22:13	1.6
 +++ scsi.4	1996/12/02 19:29:21
 @@ -182,4 +182,3 @@
  This
  .Nm
  system appeared in MACH 2.5 at TRW.
 -
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 diff -u -r1.5 su.4
 --- su.4	1996/10/18 20:22:25	1.5
 +++ su.4	1996/12/02 19:29:34
 @@ -79,5 +79,4 @@
  .Sh HISTORY
  The
  .Nm
 -driver appeared in 386BSD 0.1
 -
 +driver appeared in 386BSD 0.1.
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 retrieving revision 1.3
 diff -u -r1.3 tp.4
 --- tp.4	1996/10/05 18:37:23	1.3
 +++ tp.4	1996/12/02 19:00:13
 @@ -680,7 +680,7 @@
  .Xr iso 4 ,
  .Xr clnp 4 ,
  .Xr cltp 4 ,
 -.Xr ifconfig 8 .
 +.Xr ifconfig 8
  .Sh BUGS
  The protocol definition of expedited data is slightly problematic,
  in a way that renders expedited data almost useless,
 Index: share/man/man4/uk.4
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 retrieving revision 1.6
 diff -u -r1.6 uk.4
 --- uk.4	1996/10/18 20:22:31	1.6
 +++ uk.4	1996/12/02 19:29:52
 @@ -91,5 +91,4 @@
  .Sh HISTORY
  The
  .Nm
 -driver appeared in 386BSD 0.1
 -
 +driver appeared in 386BSD 0.1.
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 retrieving revision 1.6
 diff -u -r1.6 worm.4
 --- worm.4	1996/08/21 22:01:17	1.6
 +++ worm.4	1996/12/02 19:06:02
 @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
  .Xr open 2 ,
  .Xr ioctl 2 ,
  .Xr write 2 ,
 -.Xr close 2 .
 +.Xr close 2
  .Sh AUTHORS
  The first skeleton for a
  .Nm
 Index: share/man/man4/man4.i386/cy.4
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 retrieving revision 1.1
 diff -u -r1.1 cy.4
 --- cy.4	1995/10/10 09:34:21	1.1
 +++ cy.4	1996/12/02 19:11:56
 @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
  .Xr tty 4 ,
  .Xr termios 4 ,
  .Xr comcontrol 8 ,
 -.Xr stty 1 .
 +.Xr stty 1
  .Sh HISTORY
  The
  .Nm
 Index: share/man/man4/man4.i386/dgb.4
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 retrieving revision 1.1
 diff -u -r1.1 dgb.4
 --- dgb.4	1995/10/17 17:38:42	1.1
 +++ dgb.4	1996/12/02 19:07:39
 @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
  .Xr comcontrol 8 ,
  .\" XXX add next line to many other drivers.
  .Xr MAKEDEV 8 ,
 -.Xr stty 1 .
 +.Xr stty 1
  .Sh HISTORY
  The
  .Nm
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 diff -u -r1.1 lp.4
 --- lp.4	1996/03/05 16:49:57	1.1
 +++ lp.4	1996/12/02 19:31:42
 @@ -230,4 +230,3 @@
  Polling timeouts are controlled by counting loop iterations rather than
  timers, and so are dependent on CPU speed.  This is somewhat stabilised
  by the need to perform (slow) ISA bus cycles to actually read the port.
 -
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 diff -u -r1.3 pcvt.4
 --- pcvt.4	1996/07/04 00:42:09	1.3
 +++ pcvt.4	1996/12/02 19:12:37
 @@ -859,7 +859,7 @@
  .Xr pc 4 ,
  .Xr config 8 ,
  .Xr intro 2 ,
 -.Xr ioctl 2 .
 +.Xr ioctl 2
  .Sh BUGS
  Certainly existent. See the file
  .Pa BugList
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 diff -u -r1.4 si.4
 --- si.4	1996/02/12 01:20:36	1.4
 +++ si.4	1996/12/02 19:09:44
 @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
  .Xr tty 4 ,
  .Xr sio 4 ,
  .Xr sicontrol 8 ,
 -.Xr comcontrol 8 .
 +.Xr comcontrol 8
  .\" .Sh STANDARDS
  .Sh HISTORY
  This driver is loosely based on driver code originating at Specialix, which
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 diff -u -r1.18 sio.4
 --- sio.4	1995/12/29 12:51:32	1.18
 +++ sio.4	1996/12/02 19:10:12
 @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
  .Xr tty 4 ,
  .Xr termios 4 ,
  .Xr comcontrol 8 ,
 -.Xr stty 1 .
 +.Xr stty 1
  .Sh HISTORY
  The
  .Nm
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 diff -u -r1.5 fstab.5
 --- fstab.5	1996/11/10 02:23:33	1.5
 +++ fstab.5	1996/12/02 19:13:37
 @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
  .Xr quotacheck 8 ,
  .Xr quotaon 8 ,
  .Xr swapon 8 ,
 -.Xr umount 8 .
 +.Xr umount 8
  .Sh HISTORY
  The
  .Nm
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 retrieving revision 1.2
 diff -u -r1.2 hosts.equiv.5
 --- hosts.equiv.5	1996/10/05 18:37:26	1.2
 +++ hosts.equiv.5	1996/12/02 19:42:12
 @@ -119,8 +119,7 @@
  .Xr inet 3 ,
  .Xr ifconfig 8 ,
  .Xr named 8 ,
 -.Xr yp 4 .
 +.Xr yp 4
  .Sh BUGS
  This man page is incomplete. For more information read
  the source in lib/libc/net/rcmd.c or the sunos man page.
 -
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 diff -u -r1.2 hosts.lpd.5
 --- hosts.lpd.5	1996/07/11 02:47:00	1.2
 +++ hosts.lpd.5	1996/12/02 19:13:51
 @@ -50,4 +50,4 @@
  .Pa /etc .
  .Sh SEE ALSO
  .Xr printcap 5 ,
 -.Xr lpd 8 .
 +.Xr lpd 8
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 retrieving revision 1.7
 diff -u -r1.7 link.5
 --- link.5	1996/10/05 18:37:27	1.7
 +++ link.5	1996/12/02 19:42:18
 @@ -571,8 +571,6 @@
  .It Fa hi_next
  Next bucket in case of hashing collisions.
  .El
 -
  .Sh CAVEATS
  Only the (GNU) C compiler currently supports the creation of shared libraries.
  Other programming languages can not be used.
 -
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 retrieving revision 1.6
 diff -u -r1.6 passwd.5
 --- passwd.5	1996/08/22 23:51:58	1.6
 +++ passwd.5	1996/12/02 19:42:29
 @@ -583,4 +583,3 @@
  The override capability was updated to properly support netgroups
  in
  .Fx 2.0.5 .
 -
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 retrieving revision 1.2
 diff -u -r1.2 procfs.5
 --- procfs.5	1994/08/10 20:03:54	1.2
 +++ procfs.5	1996/12/02 19:16:22
 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  .Ed
  .Sh DESCRIPTION
  The process file system, or
 -.Nm ,
 +.Nm procfs ,
  implements a view of the system process table inside the file system.
  It is normally mounted on
  .Pa /proc ,
 Index: share/man/man5/sysconfig.5
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 retrieving revision 1.5
 diff -u -r1.5 sysconfig.5
 --- sysconfig.5	1996/10/05 18:37:28	1.5
 +++ sysconfig.5	1996/12/02 19:43:14
 @@ -361,4 +361,3 @@
  .Fx 2.0.5 .
  .Sh AUTHOR
  Jordan K. Hubbard.
 -
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 retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
 diff -u -r1.1.1.1 hostname.7
 --- hostname.7	1994/05/30 19:08:56	1.1.1.1
 +++ hostname.7	1996/12/02 19:44:02
 @@ -89,4 +89,5 @@
  .Xr named 8
  .Sh HISTORY
  .Nm Hostname
 -appeared in 4.2 BSD.
 +appeared in
 +.Bx 4.2 .
 Index: share/man/man7/intro.7
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 RCS file: /usr/local/FreeBSD-CVS/src/share/man/man7/intro.7,v
 retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
 diff -u -r1.1.1.1 intro.7
 --- intro.7	1994/05/30 19:08:56	1.1.1.1
 +++ intro.7	1996/12/02 19:19:35
 @@ -56,5 +56,7 @@
  .Cw
  .De
  .Sh HISTORY
 +The
  .Nm intro
 -appeared in 4.2 BSD.
 +section manual page appeared in
 +.Bx 4.2 .
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 retrieving revision 1.5
 diff -u -r1.5 MAKEDEV.8
 --- MAKEDEV.8	1996/08/24 16:44:23	1.5
 +++ MAKEDEV.8	1996/12/02 19:44:55
 @@ -86,6 +86,6 @@
  .It Pa /dev
  The special file directory.
  .Sh SEE ALSO
 -.Xr intro 4
 +.Xr intro 4 ,
  .Xr config 8 ,
  .Xr mknod 8
 Index: share/man/man9/copy.9
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 retrieving revision 1.1
 diff -u -r1.1 copy.9
 --- copy.9	1996/04/15 21:37:06	1.1
 +++ copy.9	1996/12/02 19:22:54
 @@ -127,4 +127,4 @@
  bytes.
  .Sh SEE ALSO
  .Xr fetch 9 ,
 -.Xr store 9 .
 +.Xr store 9
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 RCS file: /usr/local/FreeBSD-CVS/src/share/man/man9/fetch.9,v
 retrieving revision 1.1
 diff -u -r1.1 fetch.9
 --- fetch.9	1996/04/15 21:37:06	1.1
 +++ fetch.9	1996/12/02 19:23:32
 @@ -82,4 +82,4 @@
  functions return the data fetched or -1 on failure.
  .Sh SEE ALSO
  .Xr copy 9 ,
 -.Xr store 9 .
 +.Xr store 9
 Index: share/man/man9/intro.9
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 RCS file: /usr/local/FreeBSD-CVS/src/share/man/man9/intro.9,v
 retrieving revision 1.4
 diff -u -r1.4 intro.9
 --- intro.9	1996/08/21 21:43:28	1.4
 +++ intro.9	1996/12/02 19:22:10
 @@ -37,12 +37,11 @@
  .Sh DESCRIPTION
  This section contains information about the interfaces and
  subroutines in the kernel.
 -
  .Sh PROTOTYPES ANSI-C AND ALL THAT
  Yes please.
 -
 +.Pp
  We would like all code to be fully prototyped.
 -
 +.Pp
  If your code compiles cleanly with 
  .Nm cc
  .Ar -Wall 
 @@ -52,21 +51,19 @@
  it is a question about avoiding the things it complains about.
  To put it bluntly, don't hide the problem by casting and other
  obfuscating practices, solve the problem.
 -
  .Sh INDENTATION AND STYLE
  Belive it or not, there actually exists a guide for indentation and style.
  It isn't generally applied though.
 -
 +.Pp
  We would appreciate if people would pay attention to it, and at least not
  violate it blatantly.
 -
 +.Pp
  We don't mind it too badly if you have your own style, but please make 
  sure we can read it too.
 -
 +.Pp
  Please take time to read
  .Xr style 9
  for more information.
 -
  .Sh NAMING THINGS
  Some general rules exist:
  .Bl -enum 
 @@ -83,26 +80,23 @@
  .Li DDB_ 
  to clearly identify the procedure as a debugger routine.
  .El
 -
 -
  .Sh SCOPE OF SYMBOLS
  It is important to carefully consider the scope of symbols in the kernel.
  The default is to make everything static, unless some reason requires
  the opposite.
 -
 +.Pp
  There are several reasons for this policy,
  the main one is that the kernel is one monolithic name-space,
  and pollution is not a good idea here either.
 -
 +.Pp
  For device drivers and other modules that don't add new internal interfaces
  to the kernel, the entire source should be in one file it possible.
  That way all symbols can be made static.
 -
 +.Pp
  If for some reason a module is split over multiple source files, then try
  to split the module along some major fault-line and consider using the
  number of global symbols as your guide.
  The fewer the better.
 -
  .Sh HISTORY
  The
  .Nm intro
 Index: share/man/man9/store.9
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 RCS file: /usr/local/FreeBSD-CVS/src/share/man/man9/store.9,v
 retrieving revision 1.1
 diff -u -r1.1 store.9
 --- store.9	1996/04/15 21:37:07	1.1
 +++ store.9	1996/12/02 19:24:14
 @@ -82,4 +82,4 @@
  functions return 0 on success or -1 on failure.
  .Sh SEE ALSO
  .Xr copy 9 ,
 -.Xr fetch 9 .
 +.Xr fetch 9
 Index: share/man/man9/style.9
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 RCS file: /usr/local/FreeBSD-CVS/src/share/man/man9/style.9,v
 retrieving revision 1.11
 diff -u -r1.11 style.9
 --- style.9	1996/08/24 10:49:09	1.11
 +++ style.9	1996/12/02 19:45:31
 @@ -437,5 +437,3 @@
  This man page is largely based on the src/admin/style/style file from
  the BSD 4.4-Lite2 release, with a few updates to reflect the current
  practice and desire of the FreeBSD project.
 -
 -
 Index: share/man/man9/suser.9
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 RCS file: /usr/local/FreeBSD-CVS/src/share/man/man9/suser.9,v
 retrieving revision 1.1
 diff -u -r1.1 suser.9
 --- suser.9	1996/10/16 21:14:32	1.1
 +++ suser.9	1996/12/02 19:24:52
 @@ -55,8 +55,6 @@
  whether super powers have been used, 
  .Nm 
  should be called after other permission possibilities have been exhausted.
 -
 -
  .Sh RETURN VALUES
  The
  .Nm
 @@ -66,4 +64,3 @@
  of some other implimentations of
  .Nm
  in which a TRUE response indicates Super powers.
 -
 
 
 
 



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