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
> 

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