[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Abbey ) writes:
> At 07:35 8/21/00 -0400, Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote:
> > > On Sun Aug 20 2000 at 21:03, Chris Abbey wrote:
> > > > At 10:35 8/19/00 -0700, Joseph Malicki wrote:
> > > > >glibc is documented in info, not manpages. the manpages there are just
> > > > >an incomplete and in some cases inaccurate collection, werent they from
> > > > >libc5 or something? The wonders of GNU software.......
> > > >
> > > > then can we please get rid of the stupid man pages?
> >
> >If you find any description of a function in a man-page not being
> >up-to-date, please update it and send a mail to the man-pages
> >maintainer.
>
> that's the problem, some of them are *intentionally* deprecated in
> favor of info pages.
Some will do that, but most will fix it - at least if you send them a
patch.
> So, like I said, can we *please* remove the out of date man pages,
> libc is one of the first on the block.
libc functions are documented in the main man-pages rpm, which is
maintained (to the point where the author wants to keep documenting
libc4, so changes from that in glibc will be added, not replacing the
very obsolete information).
> case in point: I use emacs as my preferred editor, I just learned
> from this thread that emacs can view info pages... as if it couldn't
> do enough already ;) but no one bothered to mention HOW to do this.
C-h i
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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.
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