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Tarek Ghaleb wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've been looking at the way Man Pages are installed on my LFS system, and
> comparing this to what FHS-2.3 recommends and came up with some
> observations/questions:
> 
> * FHS-2.3 recommends that man pages be installed under
>   /usr/share/<mandir>/<locale>. Some packages actually do install their
>   man pages this way, but man-pages 2.01,(LFS-6.1) installs in
>   /usr/share/man--which, I guess, is the traditional place to have them.
> 
> * Other than man[1-8], I'm seeing man0p, man1p, man3p, and man9! man1p
>   has user programs, like date, cat, du ... Is there a reason why they
>   are not in man1, for example?
> 
> * I'm thinking or reorganizing the man directory and moving all man pages
>   under /usr/share/man/<locale>. Any thoughts or reflections?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tarek.
>  

Hi,
I'm really new here, but part of my reason for using LFS is
understanding what is under my system's hood.  I'm not like the average
windows user who could care less about what the OS is doing and more
about praying it will work today 8).
I'm not sure where my need for a well organized computer came from but
you wouldn't know it was a need by looking at my desk.
So in my very humble opinion and with my half cent in an over inflated
market, I would like to see a better adoption of the standards.  But
since a few think it is a waste of time and many more don't even care.
Might I suggest a HOW-TO on how to make the said changes on one's
system.  I wouldn't even know where to start or how to go about it.
Tarek mentioned something about using --mandir on the configuration
(does that work in all situations?).  Would a sed command work where the
- --mandir doesn't?  And can this change be made after one has already
installed their system.

Thanks and I'm enjoying learning with you folks.

Mark
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