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Date: 14 Oct 2001 11:00:02 -0700
From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@aa.net>
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Subject: docs/31261: man(1) doesn't say what "system' (in "-m") is.
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>Number:         31261
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       man(1) doesn't say what "system' (in "-m") is.
>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:   Sun Oct 14 11:10:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gary W. Swearingen
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
n/a
================
>Description:

man(1) doesn't say what "system name" (in "-m") should be.  All it says
is "Specify an alternate set of man pages to search based on the system
name given."
================
>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
================
>Fix:

Beats me.  I'd guess that it wants something like "remotehostname",
but could that be "somehost.somedomain", and will the same man command
options (minus the "-m") be used on the other host?  One shouldn't need
to guess.  If someone clues me in, I'll write a patch; if not I'll later
ask on -questions.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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