Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 15:20:57 -0800 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Rasputin <rasputin@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: beginners with bsd Message-ID: <3A01F6D9.6320A0E5@acuson.com> References: <000a01c043c3$942af1e0$1d24fc3e@knapp> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011010047360.691-100000@sherman.spotnet> <20001102093329.B14637@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20001103003014.D4698@hades.hell.gr>
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > Unlike (R**h**) Linux, where > > > > 'this manpage is no longer maintained - we just like installing files' > > > > seems to be the most common entry. > > What can anyone say about an OS where the manpages are considered something > `extra' that is not part of the system itself? *sigh* It's not just R**H**, it's all of the Linux distributions that use GNU. GNU wants you to use info instead of man. What is especially obnoxious is when you use info and see the words "this man page is not longer maintained...". I've been tempted to write an info2man conversion utility and donate it to GNU, but I know that they would never use it, too heretical. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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