Hi,
Stuart Henderson wrote on Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 05:52:07PM -0000:
> On 2023-08-18, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Also, what is the reason the quirks package does not have a man page?
Usually, there is no manual page documenting a package as a whole.
>> I believe it should have one, just like any other program.
The quirks package certainly isn't a program.
Right now, i fail to see any evidence that it even *contains* any program.
>> Is this something that is desired?
The following is certainly not a good syllogism:
"There is no manual page documenting this package"
=> "We need a manual page documenting this package"
Even the folliwing, weaker syllogism may occasionally be false:
"This package contains no manual page"
=> "We should write a manual page to include in the package"
Is information about the quirks package missing from the manual pages?
Maybe, it doesn't seem unlikely to me, but i'm far from sure.
>> If so, I would gladly model one after the package description.
What a terrible idea. Most of that information is already contained
in the manual page sthen@ mentioned:
> packages(7) - overview of the binary package system
I think what packages(7) says is also easier to understand than
what the quirks package description says.
> not sure what such a manpage would be named.
Given that manual pages are named after programs, functions, devices,
or file formats,
$ pkg_info -L quirks
tells me that a manual page to be included in the quirks package
could be named:
OpenBSD::Quirks(3p)
- that one would document the Perl API of the OpenBSD::Quirks
Perl package, similar to e.g. OpenBSD::PackingElement(3p)
or OpenBSD::State(3p)
or
update.db(5)
- that one would document the file format of the file
/usr/local/share/update.db and explain how that file
is used, similar to mandoc.db(5) or locate(1) --
by the way, it does look like we are missing a
locate.database(5) manual page
> it is already described here though:
> $ man -k any=quirks
> packages(7) - overview of the binary package system
Right, any information about the quirks package that doesn't
belong into OpenBSD::Quirks(3p) or update.db(5) probably
belongs into packages(7) or pkg_add(1).
Yours,
Ingo
