Date: 26 Sep 2002 11:58:10 -0700 From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/43364: Man page for hier(7) doesn' have /var/empty Message-ID: <p8wup87f3x.up8@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200209261710.g8QHA3MC055583@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200209261710.g8QHA3MC055583@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> writes: > I think it's reasonable to expect users to cross-reference manuals. > With the privilege separation pointer, they'll know what they are looking for > when they fire up the sshd manual as well. I think it's reasonable to expect users to search for "/var/empty" in the sshd manual when the "/var/empty" description says "see sshd(8)". Giving them some nonsense string to also search for (and find in multiple places (only one right), in this case) is less than helpful. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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