Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:15:29 -0700 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/84550: mdoc(7) manpage erroneously requires SYNOPSIS section Message-ID: <2lvf2l20oe.f2l@mail.opusnet.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200508041520.j74FK9p3000621@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 84550 >Category: docs >Synopsis: mdoc(7) manpage erroneously requires SYNOPSIS 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 Aug 04 15:20:09 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gary W. Swearingen >Release: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE i386 >Organization: none >Environment: n/a >Description: The "a Manual Page Template" (BTW, notice the bad capitalization) says that the SYNOPSIS section is "required" and "mandatory", while intro(1) .. intro(9), netstat(1), rtld(1), sigstack(2), libarchive(3), geom(4), <almost all>(5), tuning(7), boot(8), module(9), and many others need or don't have a SYNOPSIS. >How-To-Repeat: n/a >Fix: Remove the requirement. Capitalize "a Manual..". >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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