On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 02:14:18PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Tue, Jun 22, 1999 at 03:32:35PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > > > > Can you provide any positive arguments in *favor* of undocumented(7)? > > > One thing undocumented(7) does is suggest some other ways to find > > documentation. > > So could a two-line man page: > > NAME > foo is a thingummy. > > DESCRIPTION > foo is documented in /usr/doc/foo/ugly.html > > In fact, this has the huge advantage of telling you where the > documentation for foo *is*, rather than merely listing all the places > where it *might* reside.
That would indeed be more useful. IMO, the undocumented(7) page simply is a simple way to get around the problem to make a man page. If we just removed it, developers would have to create at least a minimal page to get around the lintian nagging, which would be much further in the direction of what the policy intends that the solution we have right now. -- -- ______________________________________________________ -- JESUS CHRIST IS LORD! -- To Him, even that machine here has to obey... -- -- _________________________________Norbert "Nobbi" Nemec -- Hindenburgstr. 44 ... D-91054 Erlangen ... Germany -- eMail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tel: +49-(0)-911-204180
