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Date:      Mon, 6 Mar 2006 11:53:16 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@north-winds.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: File locations in manpage
Message-ID:  <20060306195316.GA28509@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20060306085240.GB29936@alzatex.com>
References:  <20060306085240.GB29936@alzatex.com>

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On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 12:52:40AM -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote:
> What's the best way to deal with file locations in manpages?  Should I
> have the manpage modified by sed so it always shows the full location of
> files, or leave it static with the defaults?  And what would be the best
> approach to modify it if I did so?

I definitely prefer modifying the manpage.  All the ported linux software
with references to files in /etc is annoying.

-- Brooks

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