Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:18:45 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: grog@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, alfred@FreeBSD.ORG, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Man pages .Dd Message-ID: <20061130.081845.232929750.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20061129234157.GN42090@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <200611292024.kATKOviH078532@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061129234157.GN42090@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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"Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
: On Wednesday, 29 November 2006 at 20:24:57 +0000, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
: > alfred 2006-11-29 20:24:57 UTC
: >
: > FreeBSD src repository
: >
: > Modified files:
: > share/man/man9 uio.9
: > Log:
: > Bump .Dd, (9 year jump!)
: >
: > Requested by: ru
:
: This happened to me too last week. I'm hazy about when, but my
: understanding has been that in the past .Dd *didn't* automatically get
: updated. When should it be, when shouldn't it be? If it should be
: automatic, we should write a macro which sets it from $FreeBSD$.
content changes, but not typos or formatting, is when it should be
bumpped. Also on MFC, the date used is the one in -current, not the
date that you MFC. This makes it hard to automate.
Warner
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