On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 03:33:47PM -0400, Michael Reed wrote: > Hi, > > I figure that the text which this diff removes wasn't of much use > besides stating the obvious, as the meaning of list items in the > ENVIRONMENT section seems pretty consistent across the man pages. > > Regards, > Michael >
hi michael. i agree this text adds little. having said that, it does no harm. the man page in total is only one screenful and i checked the corresponding pages in net/free/dragon - all have the same text. so in this case i'd say it was author's prerogative and we'd achieve little by removing it. jmc > > Index: src/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8,v > retrieving revision 1.12 > diff -u -p -r1.12 vipw.8 > --- src/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 13 Mar 2015 19:58:41 -0000 1.12 > +++ src/usr.sbin/vipw/vipw.8 10 Aug 2015 19:24:26 -0000 > @@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ Which type of cipher is used to encrypt > depends on the configuration in > .Xr login.conf 5 . > .Sh ENVIRONMENT > -If the following environment variable exists it will be utilized by > -.Nm vipw : > .Bl -tag -width EDITOR > .It Ev EDITOR > The editor specified by the string >
