Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 11:30:04 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/22676: No man pages for Make.conf or /usr/src/sys/Makefile Message-ID: <200011091930.LAA82877@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/22676; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/22676: No man pages for Make.conf or /usr/src/sys/Makefile Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:22:59 -0600 (CST) Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> types: > On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 09:30:32 CST, Mike Meyer wrote: > > First, build(7) doesn't document a single file, but a process. Of > > course, it duplicates information in the files that take place in the > > process - but what man page doesn't duplicate information from the > > sources? > You're right. I stand down for build(7) (in other words, I think it's a > good idea), but still don't think that make.conf(5) is a good idea. Even though I've shown you how to do things so this doesn't make the stale documentation problem any worse than it already is, and it improves the accessibility of the documentation? <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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