Stephen Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 2.4.  Manual pages
> 
>     In the interest of reducing manual page scavenger hunts, this
>     proposal recommends the introduction of a new manual page section,
>     1G, to cover the introduced utilities.  (Sections 1MG, 3LIBG, and so
>     forth can be added as necessary.)
> 
>     Management of the manual path then proceeds along similar lines as
>     the executable path in Section 2.1:
> 
>     MANPATH=/usr/man,1g,1
> 
>     to prefer the GNU project environment reference manual, and
> 
>     MANPATH=/usr/man,1,1g
> 
>     to use the GNU environment manual as a fallback.

I strongly object to this part: using $prefix/man together with $prefix/bin
etc. a well-established and understood practice which many users are
already familiar with.  Using this Solaris-specific way of dealing with the
issue will only introduce unnecessary confusion.

        Rainer

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