Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:20:49 +1100 From: Benno Rice <benno@FreeBSD.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4/man4.alpha linux.4 Makefile Message-ID: <20001212102049.A492@rafe.jeamland.net> In-Reply-To: <3A351C56.57965B1C@cup.hp.com>; from marcel@cup.hp.com on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 01:26:30PM -0500 References: <32667.976537170@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> <3A351C56.57965B1C@cup.hp.com>
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On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 01:26:30PM -0500, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > > On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 18:52:27 PST, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > > > > Modified files: > > > share/man/man4/man4.alpha Makefile > > > Added files: > > > share/man/man4/man4.alpha linux.4 > > > Log: > > > Add Linuxulator manpage. Derived from i386 version. > > > > If there's no difference between the two pages, why don't we just > > repo-copy one of the two into share/man/man4, remove the archtype from > > the .Dt macro arguments and cvs rm the two arch-specific pages? > > I've been thinking about this as well, but we already have FreeBSD ports > that don't contain a Linuxulator. Granted it's less optimal to have 5 > copies because you have 5 out of 6 FreeBSD ports with a Linuxulator (any > resemblance of these numbers with actual numbers is purely > circumstantial :-), but it's more correct. It seems silly to have a > linux manpage in a FreeBSD port while there's no Linuxulator. > > At this time, I don't really have a problem with 2 manpages. When it's > time to port the Linuxulator to ia-64, things may be different, > though... Why not put a section in the man page listing what architectures have support? -- Benno Rice benno@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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