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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
@ -71,10 +76,11 @@ 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
source, then you need to work out where the manual page comes from
@ -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