On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:16:10AM +0200, Marc Espie wrote: > On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 02:16:23PM -0500, Tim Chase wrote: > > Dangling SEE ALSO references to man-pages that don't exist: > > > > dig(1) references missing named(8) and dnssec-keygen(8) > > host(1) references missing named(8) > > nslookup(1) references missing named(8) > > info(5) references missing emacs(1) > > info(5) references missing tex(1) > > texinfo(5) references missing emacs(1) > > texinfo(5) references missing tex(1) > > readline(3) references missing bash(1) > > Now, all of these DO exist, in the ports tree. > > Question: should the base system manpages be self-contained 100%, or is > it better to also point people to optional software that may or may not > be installed ?.. >
i hate it when we Xr outside base, but sometimes it just makes sense. > I believe there's no 100% correct answer. > i agree. jmc > For instance, info mode in emacs and the relationship between .texi > and the TeX formatter are tight enough that I believe those references > are innocuous. >
