On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 06:52:19PM +0100, Igor Sobrado wrote: > > Can I suggest adding atalk(4), inet6(4), ipsec(4), pf(4), pflog(4), > eon(5), hostapd(8), and tcpdump(8) to the "SEE ALSO" section of > ifconfig(8)? I think that, as these manual pages are being cited > in the ifconfig(8) manual page, they should be added to this section. > > Just want to check the opinion on this change before submitting a PR. > > The proposed patch is added to this message. >
once upon a time i was inclined to go by the rule that if a man page referred to another, it should be listed in the SEE ALSO. i no longer think that though, since invariably i see overly large SEE ALSO, most of which is ignored anyway. so now my personal opinion is somewhere along the lines of "if reading this man page will help the reader understand this man page, i should include it in SEE ALSO". i am now sorely tempted to kill about 2/3 of the references in SEE ALSO, rather than actually add to it. it is much more important that stuff which uses ifconfig(8) (the various interfaces and so on) all point to ifconfig(8), rather than the other way round. we do not have an eon(5) man page, btw, but there was a fine piece of vinyl called "void dweller" which eon released about 15 years ago... start the machine! jmc
