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Re: Bug#39830: [AMENDMENT]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks



On 13-Nov-02, 15:22 (CST), Britton <fsblk@aurora.uaf.edu> wrote: 
> I have some reservations about this.  Along with potential false hopes
> during load time, the undocumented page provides pointers to places where
> documentation may be found.  It may be irritating to people in the know,
> but since man is still the most widely known unix documentation interface,
> new users may be helped by these pointers.

Colin already volunteered to hack man to provide the pointers instead of
a simple 'manpage not found'.

Next!

Steve
-- 
Steve Greenland

    The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating
    system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the
    world.       -- seen on the net



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