architecture-specific man pages (was Re: Policy does not speak of translated man pages)
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Colin Watson wrote:
> Note that we don't have architecture-specific man page hierarchies as
> mentioned in that section of the FHS. Incidentally, I think putting
> those in /usr/share/man/i386 etc. is a misfeature - why not use
> /usr/lib/man for programs only available on the current architecture,
> like everything else architecture-specific? Or is the intention that you
> can install man pages for i386-only programs on an Alpha?
What if that Alpha is a fileserver exporting /usr/share(/man) to a PC?
If you have a program with different manpages for both architectures you
would certainly want them both in /usr/share/man, wouldn't you?
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