Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 23:42:13 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> To: Gordon Bergling <gbe@freebsd.org> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r362809 - head/contrib/mandoc Message-ID: <20200701234213.GA54023@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20200701212847.GA1751@lion.0xfce3.net> References: <20200701074920.GB72275@lion.0xfce3.net> <202007011451.061EpIYF056897@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <CANCZdfrm3EnKtXoOtR3Tp6H_4V4=wFEY1TRbGk4=O=p7iW77kA@mail.gmail.com> <20200701212847.GA1751@lion.0xfce3.net>
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On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 11:28:47PM +0200, Gordon Bergling wrote: > On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 11:58:05AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 8:51 AM Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > ... > > > We often have "An ls command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX." Our source > > > code and man page is not from that, but that is the history of ls. > > > > > > This *could* be amended and *should* be amended to reflect that apropos, > > > and makewhatis got *updated* by a switch to the mandoc versions, but it > > > is misleading to say it was intergrated with the switch to mandoc as that > > > implies it did not exist before this action. > > > > I tend to agree with Rod here. These appeared in X the first time, but > > noting they were replaced in version X with Y is the best way to address > > the current provenance of the code... > > OK, I see your arguments. How about the following addition for HISTORY section, > > The apropos utility was integrated into FreeBSD 11.1 as part of the > switch to mandoc. Before the switch to mandoc apropos was available since > FreeBSD 1.0. It should be the other way around: "The apropos utility appeared in FreeBSD 1.0. Since FreeBSD 11.1 it is based on mandoc implementation." ./danfe
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