On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 04:10:07PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > >> - <tt>/usr/share/man</tt>).</p></sect> > >> + <tt>/usr/share/man</tt>). If you do not create any links > >> + (whether symlinks, hard links, or .so directives) in the > >> + filesystem to the alternate names of the manpage, then you > >> + should not rely on <prgn>man</prgn> finding your manpage > >> + under those names based solely on the information in the > >> + manpage's header. > >> + <footnote> > >> + <p> > >> + Supporting this in <prgn>man</prgn> often requires > >> + unreasonable processing time to find a manual page or to > >> + report that none exists, and moves knowledge into man's > >> + database that would be better left in the filesystem. > >> + This support is therefore deprecated and will cease to be > >> + present in the future. > >> + </p> > >> + </footnote> > >> + </p> > >> + </sect> > > > >I second this proposal. Looks good to me. I also second this proposal. -- Taral <taral@taral.net> Please use PGP/GPG encryption to send me mail. "Any technology, no matter how primitive, is magic to those who don't understand it." -- Florence Ambrose
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