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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-08-22 18:17:52 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-08-22 18:17:52 +0000
commit7a93c0fefdb293f03c6f08c9d47d844dd27d8f7c (patch)
treeaec5c10907ef51882a8f91dcd680ebc1d5bb1298 /man.conf.5
parent661f73aad9171f674528e78e7a02eead5dd6d693 (diff)
downloadmandoc-7a93c0fefdb293f03c6f08c9d47d844dd27d8f7c.tar.gz
Correct the mandoc.db(5) requirements of man(1) after the deprecation
of MLINKS. Inaccuracy pointed out by espie@.
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@@ -74,8 +74,12 @@ in each directory configured with
.Ic manpath
is recommended and necessary for
.Xr apropos 1
-to work, but not strictly required for
-.Xr man 1 .
+to work, and also for
+.Xr man 1
+on operating systems like
+.Ox
+that install each manual page with only one file name in the file system,
+even if it documents multiple utilities or functions.
.It Ic output Ar option Op Ar value
Configure the default value of an output option.
These directives are overridden by the