From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 24 11:48:20 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 965E937B401 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 11:48:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57A5343F3F for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 11:48:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a108.otenet.gr [212.205.215.108]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1OJmEAK006488; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:48:16 +0200 (EET) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h1OJmEvj042049; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:48:14 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.7/8.12.7/Submit) id h1OJm8es042044; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:48:08 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:48:08 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Sam Izzo Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: GNU programs & texinfo docs vs. manpages [was: Re: linker paths & /usr/local/lib] Message-ID: <20030224194808.GC594@gothmog.gr> References: <20030223152808.GA1391@kalgan.vic.optushome.com.au> <20030223165133.79e9aa2b.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> <20030224011724.GA296@kalgan.vic.optushome.com.au> <20030224080534.61fa0166.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> <20030224073911.GA10158@kalgan.vic.optushome.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030224073911.GA10158@kalgan.vic.optushome.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2003-02-24 18:39, Sam Izzo wrote: > > Most of the GNU tools are better documented in the info pages, as > > they consider man pages legacy. info ld might turn up more > > detailed info. > > You know, I've read/heard that many times over the years, but > whenever I look at the info page for whatever tool I'm after, it's > exactly the same as the man page (in the ld case too). That's not always true. I personally committed the change in the manual page of sdiff(1) both to -current and -stable, to make sure that the incomplete, lacking manpage has minimal changes from the vendor version but *does* point to the texinfo docs of diff/sdiff which are more complete than the manpage. GNU people do hate manpages annd avoid them some times :( To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message