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On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 16:36, Seemant Kulleen wrote: |
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> Hi All, |
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> I'll refer you first to: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32096 |
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> Then I'll ask two questions: |
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> 1. Should man-pages really belong in the base system (emerge system)? |
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> 2. Which package's manpages should be preferred, assuming (as is correct |
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> to assume at least until portage-ng comes out) that portage has no |
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> conflicting-files-resolution feature? |
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I think it would be beneficial to have man-pages included by default, |
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but not in a way that make them a required component of the system. (ie, |
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so users can emerge unemerge man-pages with no problems.) |
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System commands (man-pages) should be preferred over the C function |
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calls. |
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Regards, |
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-Lisa |
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<Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior> |