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Re: [bug-inetutils] inetutils 1.7, wrong location for man-pages
From: |
Juergen Daubert |
Subject: |
Re: [bug-inetutils] inetutils 1.7, wrong location for man-pages |
Date: |
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:00:57 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) |
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 09:41:42AM -0500, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> first a big thanks for new version 1.7 of inetutils.
>
> You're welcome!
>
> Beginning with this version all main-pages are installed in section
> 1. IMO all man-pages for daemons, like inetd, have be in
> man-section 8.
>
> I'm not versed in man page sections, what is special about section 8?
>
Section 8 is reserved for "System Administration tools and Deamons"
whereas section 1 for "User Commands". See man(1) for the full list.