From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sa-prd-fep-041.btinternet.com (mailomta30-sa.btinternet.com [213.120.69.36]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A77A33858C2C for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:38:45 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org A77A33858C2C Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=dronecode.org.uk Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=dronecode.org.uk Received: from sa-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net ([10.2.38.4]) by sa-prd-fep-041.btinternet.com with ESMTP id <20210930143844.POXW30965.sa-prd-fep-041.btinternet.com@sa-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net> for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:38:44 +0100 Authentication-Results: btinternet.com; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=jonturney@btinternet.com; bimi=skipped X-SNCR-Rigid: 613006A9043331D1 X-Originating-IP: [81.129.146.163] X-OWM-Source-IP: 81.129.146.163 (GB) X-OWM-Env-Sender: jonturney@btinternet.com X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=0/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvtddrudekgedgjedtucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuueftkffvkffujffvgffngfevqffopdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddunecunecujfgurhepuffvfhfhkffffgggjggtgfesthekredttdefjeenucfhrhhomheplfhonhcuvfhurhhnvgihuceojhhonhdrthhurhhnvgihsegurhhonhgvtghouggvrdhorhhgrdhukheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepkedvgedufedugfdtfedvieekgfdtveeguedufeehtefgveejuedttdehveekgfegnecuffhomhgrihhnpehmrghnjedrohhrghenucfkphepkedurdduvdelrddugeeirdduieefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheplgduledvrdduieekrddurddutdefngdpihhnvghtpeekuddruddvledrudegiedrudeifedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkpdhrtghpthhtoheptgihghifihhnqdgrphhpshestgihghifihhnrdgtohhm X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean Received: from [192.168.1.103] (81.129.146.163) by sa-prd-rgout-001.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net (5.8.716.04) (authenticated as jonturney@btinternet.com) id 613006A9043331D1 for cygwin-apps@cygwin.com; Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:38:44 +0100 Subject: Re: [ITP] man-pages-linux To: "cygwin-apps@cygwin.com" References: From: Jon Turney Message-ID: <2bae97c6-53da-3c28-5859-cdf75fadb0ce@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:38:12 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1190.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, BODY_8BITS, FORGED_SPF_HELO, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, KAM_SHORT, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin package maintainer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:38:47 -0000 On 28/09/2021 00:04, Brian Inglis wrote: > I would like to provide Cygwin packages for the Linux kernel man pages > project, for those who are concerned about interoperability and > portability, from Michael Kerrisk (http://man7.org/), who also releases > man-pages-posix, and recently released Linux man-pages 5.13. > > I do it for my own use anyway, to have the latest docs, just to save > flipping to Linux from Cygwin or Windows. > > The install location is under the standard /usr/share/man/linux/ which > can only by default be used by specifying > >     $ man -m|--systems linux ... > > but can also be added explicitly to a users' MANPATH or alias e.g. > >     $ alias man='man -m man,linux' > > or swap the order to prioritize Linux, or for parallel installs add each > in your preferred order. This is great. Go ahead. I wonder if there's any scope for putting these pages in section suffixed L or something e.g. 3L etc., so that pages could be found by default for things which only exist on linux? (But possibly that also requires some adjustment to the man configuration?) Then I guess it would also be nice if a prologue similar to that of the POSIX man pages (saying "this is the linux manpage, the cygwin implementation may differ of be absent", could be added)