Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:29:52 -0700 From: Chris Doherty <chris-freebsd@randomcamel.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A patch to man to handle "man.1"... Message-ID: <20030721192952.GE23226@zot.electricrain.com> In-Reply-To: <87vftyoy91.fsf@inf.enst.fr> References: <3F19C78A.7030008@mac.com> <20030719233535.GF77396@sunbay.com> <3F19D8D3.1040401@mac.com> <87vftyoy91.fsf@inf.enst.fr>
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On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 02:08:58AM +0200, Samuel Tardieu said:
> >>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> writes:
>
> Chuck> Thanks for this example. However, if you try the patch, you'll
> Chuck> discover that this case also works properly:
>
> It works only by chance. If ld-elf.so.1 was in section 2 for example,
> your patch would prevent it from being found as the section is forced
> to 1.
>
> Sam
seems pretty simple:
1) first check to see if there's a manpage for the literal argument
(e.g. "ld-elf.so.1")
2) if that fails, treat the trailing digit as a section
specifier--i.e. look for "ld-elf.so" in section 1.
3) if that also fails, report that not only was there a "ld-elf.so.1" in
any section, but there was also no "ld-elf.so" in section 1.
does that cover all cases? seems like this is a useful syntax to add
on--anything to make man(7) more usable is a good thing IMO. :-)
chris
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