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Bug#572716: glibc-doc: please stop providing man pages for pthread_kill(3) et al



On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 11:07:45PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> tag 572716 + moreinfo
> severity 572716 + wishlist
> thanks
> 
> On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 10:30:08PM +0100, Nikolaus Schulz wrote:
> > Package: glibc-doc
> > Version: 2.10.2-6
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > This is basically an update to bug #506515.
> > The Linux man-pages now also cover the following commands:
> > 
> >     pthread_kill_other_threads_np(3)
> >     pthread_kill(3)
> >     pthread_sigmask(3)
> >     sigwait(3)
> > 
> > The glibc-doc package ships older man pages for these commands; please
> > remove them from glibc-doc, so that manpages-dev can take over.
> > 
> 
> Is it a coordinated change or is something you request as a simple user?

I am a "simple user".

> Pages removed following the request from bug #506515 haven't been added
> to manpages-dev after more than one year, and users are complaining that 
> they are missing (see #519781, #562148). 

Yeah, that's a sad situation.

> We are probably going to reintroduce them in one of the next upload if
> no action is taken from the manpages-dev side, so that squeeze's users
> have such manpages (even if outdated).

Well, I have just submitted a patch for #519781, I hope that will
improve the chance that the man pages will finally be installed by
manpages-dev.

Nikolaus



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