Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:14:01 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Object now: man(1) -m option is going away Message-ID: <20011220111401.E67452@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <3C1F99E0.7D488222@mindspring.com> References: <20011218193941.A9895@sunbay.com> <3C1F99E0.7D488222@mindspring.com>
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On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 11:32:48AM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > I'd like to drop the support for the man(1)'s -m option, > > which is almost undocumented and is of little interest. > > Unless I hear any valid objections, I am going to nuke > > it on Friday. > > How do you propose we look at Alpha specific man pages on x86 > boxes, after this change? > I suppose you have them installed in standard places, like /usr/share/man/man4/alpha/. If so, use the MACHINE environment variable, as documented in the man(1) manpage. If you have then installed in a separate tree, use the MANPATH environment variable, or the -M option to man(1). Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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