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commit 1155990ed3d3f96a99d7a258622acca7c1e9ff7f
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Nov 30 19:01:23 2021 +1100
[docs]: De-document a tautology.
In Unix systems, an absolute file name by definition doesn't undergo a
path search of any kind.
---
doc/groff.texi | 3 +--
src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.1.man | 2 --
src/devices/grops/grops.1.man | 2 --
src/preproc/soelim/soelim.1.man | 2 --
src/roff/troff/troff.1.man | 3 ---
5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index e9d5834..fd91efa 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -1136,8 +1136,7 @@ it also implies @code{groff}'s @option{-s} option.
The current directory is always searched first. This option may be
specified more than once; the directories are searched in the order
-specified. No directory search is performed for files specified using
-an absolute path.
+specified.
@item -j
Preprocess with @code{gchem}. Implies @option{-p}.
diff --git a/src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.1.man b/src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.1.man
index 13376d9..fefc12a 100644
--- a/src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.1.man
+++ b/src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.1.man
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ The current directory is always searched first.
This option may be specified more than once; the directories are then
searched in the order specified.
.
-.IP
-No directory search is performed for files with an absolute file name.
.
.TP
.B \-l
diff --git a/src/devices/grops/grops.1.man b/src/devices/grops/grops.1.man
index 32581ff..9740d1e 100644
--- a/src/devices/grops/grops.1.man
+++ b/src/devices/grops/grops.1.man
@@ -284,8 +284,6 @@ add
.B \-I.\&
at the appropriate place.
.
-.IP
-No directory search is performed for files with an absolute file name.
.
.TP
.B \-l
diff --git a/src/preproc/soelim/soelim.1.man b/src/preproc/soelim/soelim.1.man
index 499b1ea..dbc9910 100644
--- a/src/preproc/soelim/soelim.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/soelim/soelim.1.man
@@ -389,8 +389,6 @@ add
.RB \[lq] \-I\~.\& \[rq]
at the appropriate place.
.
-No directory search is performed for files with an absolute file name.
-.
.
.TP
.B \-r
diff --git a/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man b/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man
index e43cfa7..055818e 100644
--- a/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man
@@ -295,9 +295,6 @@ and is named for,
the \[lq]include\[rq]
option of Unix C compilers.
.
-No directory search is performed for files specified using an absolute
-file name.
-.
.
.TP
.BI \-m\~ name
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