Re: Typo in portmaster man page?
- Original Message - > From: Jerry > To: FreeBSD > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, 9 May 2013 5:15 PM > Subject: Re: Typo in portmaster man page? > > On Thu, 09 May 2013 06:06:42 -0500 > Bryan Drewery articulated: > >> (I'm not the original author on portmaster). Personally the manpage >> really confuses me. There's been bigger issues to tackle first though >> so I have not touched the manpage much. > > You do realize that the "man" in "manpage" is an acronym > for, "Much > About Nothing". that interpretation of yours might be insulting to man page authors :( > > -- > Jerry ♔ > > Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. > Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. > __ > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Typo in portmaster man page?
On Thu, 09 May 2013 06:06:42 -0500 Bryan Drewery articulated: > (I'm not the original author on portmaster). Personally the manpage > really confuses me. There's been bigger issues to tackle first though > so I have not touched the manpage much. You do realize that the "man" in "manpage" is an acronym for, "Much About Nothing". -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Typo in portmaster man page?
On 5/9/2013 3:25 AM, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > When reading the portmaster man page I just came to wonder if this isn't > a typo? > > > [--force-config|-G] [-aftv] -F > fetch distfiles only > > > > Shouldn't the -F be to the far left? > > Thanks > > /Leslie It seems consistent with how the other feature modes are documented. (I'm not the original author on portmaster). Personally the manpage really confuses me. There's been bigger issues to tackle first though so I have not touched the manpage much. -- Regards, Bryan Drewery signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Typo in portmaster man page?
When reading the portmaster man page I just came to wonder if this isn't a typo? [--force-config|-G] [-aftv] -F fetch distfiles only Shouldn't the -F be to the far left? Thanks /Leslie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
