Hi, I'm planning to up-rev the Tcl scripting language and Tk GUI toolkit in Solaris, as well as moving them from /usr/sfw to /usr, but am wondering how to handle the many manpages they contain.
By default, they will install the following files: /usr/share/man/man1 - 2 manpages /usr/share/man/man3 - 758 manpages /usr/share/man/mann - 179 manpages (Most of the section 3 and section n manpages -- approx 2/3 -- are actually links to the others. Many of these files, for older Tcl/Tk versions, are currently in /usr/sfw/share/man.) So, I've 2 main questions: - is "mann" a proper man section? I note there is an empty /usr/share/man/mann dir in Solaris, created by SUNWman, but I cannot find a description of what man section "n" is? - I'd rather not clutter the man3 dir with so many new files, so what should I do? Suggestions include: leave them as they are; create "man3tcl" and "man3tk" sections; only install the section 1 files (as Red Hat does) and dump the rest. Can I get some guidance from docs people on what the recommended approach should be? Thanks, - Dermot [ There is also a thead on Tcl/Tk, including comments on the manpages, on the sfwnv-discuss alias. ] This message posted from opensolaris.org
