Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:58:32 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>, Mike Pritchard <mpp@mppsystems.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which OS does a man page come from? (was: cvs commit: src/bin/cp cp.1 src/bin/df df.1 src/bin/domainname domainname.1 src/bin/hostname hostname.1 src/bin/ln ln.1 symlink.7 src/bin/pax pax.1 src/bin/ps ps.1 src/bin/pwd pwd.1 realpath.1 src/bin/rcp rcp.1 src/bin/sh sh.1 src/bin/sh/bltin echo.1 ...) Message-ID: <20010725085832.P75783@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <7435.995964522@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 10:48:42AM %2B0200 References: <20010724090443.L55779@wantadilla.lemis.com> <7435.995964522@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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On Tuesday, 24 July 2001 at 10:48:42 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 09:04:43 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> the .Os call is not (strictly speaking) required at all, so we may >>> eventually remove it completely, yes. I think I will do this after >>> NetBSD and OpenBSD upgrade to -mdocNG. >> >> How would this handle non-native man pages? I have a whole collection >> of man pages for different operating systems on my system. > > I certainly didn't read this thread to mean that Ruslan's going to > remove support for the Os macro. I understood from this thread that > Ruslan's going to remove the Os _call_ from the existing FreeBSD > manuals. Yes, that's what I understand too. So if we format one of these man pages under NetBSD, it will claim to be a NetBSD man page. Does this sound right to you? > Sometimes, I get the impression you're just following FreeBSD mail > so you can pick a fight. :-) Then you're missing the point. This is a serious issue. If we're documenting FreeBSD, we should say so, we shouldn't assume that the man pages will only be viewed on (the same revision of) FreeBSD. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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