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Re: [PATCH] [TRIVIAL] Change default man page path to /usr/share/man

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IDIsmail Dönmez <ismail@pardus.org.tr>
Date
May 11, 2007, 17:25 UTC
Message-ID
<200705112025.58095.ismail@pardus.org.tr>
In-Reply-To
<200705081349.34964.ismail@pardus.org.tr>
On Tuesday 08 May 2007 13:49:31 you wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> According to FHS standard default man page path is $prefix/share/man [0] ,
> attached patch fixes this for GIT.
>
> [0] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRSHAREMANMANUALPAGES
>
> Signed-off-by: Ismail Donmez <ismail@pardus.org.tr>
ACK? NAK? Do we care about this? :)
Patch attached again for convenience.

Regards, ismail

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Perfect is the enemy of good


--- Documentation/Makefile	2007-02-26 21:20:28.000000000 +0200
+++ Documentation/Makefile	2007-02-28 01:18:07.672166995 +0200
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 prefix?=$(HOME)
 bindir?=$(prefix)/bin
-mandir?=$(prefix)/man
+mandir?=$(prefix)/share/man
 man1dir=$(mandir)/man1
 man7dir=$(mandir)/man7
 # DESTDIR=
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Message 5 of 12 in “[TRIVIAL] Change default man page path to /usr/share/man”
  1. [TRIVIAL] Change default man page path to /usr/share/manIsmail Dönmez, May 8, 2007
  2. Uwe Kleine-KönigMay 8, 2007
  3. Ismail DönmezMay 8, 2007
  4. Brian GernhardtMay 8, 2007
  5. Ismail DönmezMay 11, 2007
  6. Linus TorvaldsMay 11, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2007
  8. Ismail DönmezMay 11, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2007
  10. Ismail DönmezMay 11, 2007
  11. Ismail DönmezJun 20, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2007

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