> > The ability to be able to read the manual pages from the binaries > > themselves, when running is interactive mode, is an intentional feature > > and the reason they embed a gzipped version of the formatted manpage. > > Even in the installer?
Especially in the installer, because you might not have another machine nearby to access documentation. (and there were no smartphones when this was introduced close to 25 years ago) > The manual feature is handy, but I don't think it's worth having in > install media. This feature is *especially* intended for installation media.
