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From: bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org
To: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: [Bug 80541] New: man pages for unimplemented functions provoke name clash
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:37:00 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bug-80541-11311@https.bugzilla.kernel.org/> (raw)

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80541

            Bug ID: 80541
           Summary: man pages for unimplemented functions provoke name
                    clash
           Product: Documentation
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: man-pages
          Assignee: documentation_man-pages-ztI5WcYan/vQLgFONoPN62D2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org
          Reporter: j.wuttke-97/bSmCnXvjoK6nBLMlh1Q@public.gmane.org
        Regression: No

A page like cerf(3), which says "not yet in glibc, as at version 2.12",
provokes a name clash if some other library provides the missing
implementation.

The rpm package managers reacts to such name clash by suggesting to uninstall
libc, which is no clever resolution.

I suggest to resolve this problem by moving man pages of unimplemented
functions to manual section 7, so that they can peacefully coexist in the
shadow of section 3 pages provided by more specific libraries.

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             reply	other threads:[~2014-07-17 21:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-17 21:37 bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r [this message]
     [not found] ` <bug-80541-11311-3bo0kxnWaOQUvHkbgXJLS5sdmw4N0Rt+2LY78lusg7I@public.gmane.org/>
2014-07-27 11:57   ` [Bug 80541] man pages for unimplemented functions provoke name clash bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r
2014-08-11 16:37   ` bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r
2015-05-05  8:38   ` bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r
2015-05-05  8:40   ` bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r

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