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@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ You can help in the following ways:
-- writing new pages (see below for a list of currently missing pages);
-- grepping for the string FIXME in existing pages and writing a
suitable patch (see below); and
suitable patch (see below);
-- asking me to add you to my distribution list for notification of
new man-pages releases, and reviewing the changes that have
occurred during a release (do "diff -ruN" between the directory
trees for the current and previous releases); and
-- suggesting improvements to this document.
@ -43,10 +48,10 @@ When you submit a patch, please note the following:
or mirrors: ftp://ftp.XX.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages
-- Let me know how you obtained the information: was it by reading (or
writing) the relevant kernel or (g)libc source code; by writing a test
program (send it to me, if you want, and if it is clear and simple
to use); from other documentation; from a mailing list or Usenet
thread (please provide a URL if possible).
writing) the relevant kernel or (g)libc source code; by writing a
test program (send it to me, if you want, and if it is clear and
simple to use); from other documentation; from a mailing list or
Usenet thread (please provide a URL if possible).
-- Send patches in "diff -u" format, inline inside the mail message
is usually best; if it is a very long patch then send it both inline
@ -71,12 +76,13 @@ When you submit a patch, please note the following:
MANUAL PAGES IN OTHER PACKAGES
==============================
Not all Linux manual pages are part of the man-pages set. In particular,
most Section 1 and 8 pages come as part of some other package.
The easiest way to determine which pages are part of the man-pages package
is to download the latest tarball, and see if the page is present.
Not all Linux manual pages are part of the man-pages set. In
particular, most Section 1 and 8 pages come as part of some other
package. The easiest way to determine which pages are part of the
man-pages package is to download the latest tarball, and see if the
page is present.
If you want to submit a patch for a manual page that comes from another
If you want to submit a patch for a manual page that comes from another
source, then you need to work out where the manual page comes from
(i.e., which package) and who the maintainer of that manual page is.
@ -97,8 +103,8 @@ package, we see:
Maintainer of getopt: Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
Maintainer of simpleinit: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
On a Debian-based distribution (e.g. Debian, Knoppix, Ubuntu) you can do
the following:
On a Debian-based distribution (e.g. Debian, Knoppix, Ubuntu) you can
do the following:
$ man -w fstab
/usr/share/man/man5/fstab.5.gz
@ -108,10 +114,9 @@ the following:
Maintainer: LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>
Note: this gives you the Debian maintainer of the package in question,
which is a good address to report to, since many packages and manual pages
are modified by Debian.
The maintainer of the original package can
usually be found in a README in /usr/share/doc/<package-name>.
which is a good address to report to, since many packages and manual
pages are modified by Debian. The maintainer of the original package
can usually be found in a README in /usr/share/doc/<package-name>.
Use "dpkg -L mount" to find all files from the mount package.
(FIXME: add instructions for doing the equivalent of the above on