On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 11:46:54PM +0100, Jan Stary wrote: > On Sep 13 07:04:55, j...@kerhand.co.uk wrote: > > > Long ago and far away, the Berkeley distributions used to ship an > > > assortment of system documentation in /usr/share/doc, including a > > > general-purpose system administrators manual. > > > > > > I guess people didn't want to update those, or maybe thought they > > > were sacred relics, never to be touched. But all the *BSDs dropped > > > them, years ago. I thought that was the wrong move; they should > > > have been kept, along with a /usr/share/doc/README that noted they > > > are historical, and therefore probably out of date. Although I'm > > > sure the vi documentation stands up to this day. > > > > > > > we stopped installing them because many of them were falling out of date > > and there wasn;t really the resources (or motivation) to update them. > > however not all of them were removed. although no longer installed, some > > of the better ones remain in the source tree. from a quick look: > > Some of them are still quite nice to read! >
yes. the ones left were the ones that people felt still had relevance and were in better condition. > > /usr/src/usr.bin/gprof/PSD.doc > > /usr/src/usr.bin/lex/PSD.doc > > /usr/src/usr.bin/m4/PSD.doc > > /usr/src/usr.bin/make/PSD.doc > > /usr/src/usr.bin/yacc/PSD.doc > > /usr/src/bin/csh/USD.doc > > /usr/src/bin/ed/USD.doc > > /usr/src/games/trek/USD.doc > > /usr/src/usr.bin/awk/USD.doc > > /usr/src/usr.bin/bc/USD.doc > > > Index: usr.bin/bc//USD.doc/bc > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/bc/USD.doc/bc,v > retrieving revision 1.9 > diff -u -p -r1.9 bc > --- usr.bin/bc//USD.doc/bc 9 Jul 2004 10:23:05 -0000 1.9 > +++ usr.bin/bc//USD.doc/bc 14 Jan 2023 22:41:09 -0000 > @@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ to the named expression on the left. > .PP > The result of the above expressions is equivalent > to ``named expression = named expression OP expression'', > -where OP is the operator after the = sign. > +where OP is the operator before the = sign. > .NH 1 > Relations > .PP > fixed, thanks. jmc
