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diff --git a/man.options.1 b/man.options.1 index a18dc8f5..57371e58 100644 --- a/man.options.1 +++ b/man.options.1 @@ -51,13 +51,25 @@ .de Eaton .No Eaton Pq before July 7, 1993; 1990/91? \\$1 .. +.\" man-1.5e was released on July 11, 1998. +.de man15e +.No man-1.5e Pq not before 1993, not after 1998 \\$1 +.. +.\" man-1.5g was released on April 7, 1999. +.de man15g +.No man-1.5g Pq not before 1993, not after 1999 \\$1 +.. .\" man-1.6 was released on June 24, 2005. .de man16 -.No man-1.6 Pq not before 1993, not after 2005 \\$1 +.No man-1.6 Pq not before 2002, not after 2005 \\$1 .. -.\" first seen in the initial import of man-db into CVS +.\" code first seen in the initial import of man-db into CVS , +.\" which was more or less debian man-db-2.3.17 +.\" Colin Watson's first release was 2.3.18 on May 14, 2001 +.\" no clue about it found in ChangeLog-2013, +.\" so it was probably already present before man-db-2.2a4 .de dbI -.No man-db Pq before Apr 26, 2001; 1994/95? \\$1 +.No man-db probably before 2.2a4 Pq before Nov 8, 1994 \\$1 .. .\" .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -139,7 +151,7 @@ ASCII output mode use specified browser .br .Nm man : -.man16 +.No man-1.6 Pq June 24, 2005 .It Fl b print a backtrace with each warning or error message .br @@ -161,7 +173,8 @@ alternate configuration file .Ox , Nx .br .Nm man : -.Nx 1.0 Pq Oct 26, 1994 ; +.Nx 1.0 Pq Oct 26, 1994 , +.man15e ; .Ox .br .Nm mandb , catman , manpath : @@ -191,21 +204,10 @@ do not use a pager .Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc : .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 .Pp -disable terminal color output in -.Xr grotty 1 -.br -.Nm groff : -.No groff-1.18.0 Pq Oct 4, 2001 -.Pp -reformat source page even if cat page exists -.br -.Nm man : -.man16 -.Pp process given catpath .br .Nm makewhatis : -.man16 +.Pq not before 1992, not after 1995 .Pp recreate databases from scratch .br @@ -223,6 +225,17 @@ internal option for use by .Nm man : .dbI .Pp +reformat source page even if cat page exists +.br +.Nm man : +.man15e +.Pp +disable terminal color output in +.Xr grotty 1 +.br +.Nm groff : +.No groff-1.18.0 Pq Oct 4, 2001 +.Pp recreate nroff versions from SGML sources .br .Nm catman : @@ -236,17 +249,17 @@ postprocess with .At3 , .At5 .It Fl D -print debugging info in addition to manual page -.br -.Nm man : -.man16 -.Pp reset whatever was set with .Ev MANOPT .br .Nm man : .dbI .Pp +print debugging info in addition to manual page +.br +.Nm man : +.man15e +.Pp set default input encoding for .Xr preconv 1 .br @@ -318,15 +331,15 @@ adjust text to left and right margins .Nm nroff : .At7 .Pp -restrict search by section extension -.br -.Nm man : -.dbI -.Pp use exact matching .br .Nm apropos , whatis : .dbI +.Pp +restrict search by section extension +.br +.Nm man : +.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995 .It Fl F use alternate font directory .br @@ -339,9 +352,9 @@ use alternate font directory preformat only, do not display .br .Nm man : -.man16 +.No man-1.5g Pq April 7, 1999 .Pp -force searchings dirs, do not use index (default) +force searching dirs, do not use index (default) .br .Nm man : .No illumos , Solaris 9-11 @@ -401,7 +414,7 @@ preprocess with produce a global manpath .br .Nm manpath : -.dbI +.No man-db-2.2a7 Pq Nov 16, 1994 .Pp preprocess with .Xr grn 1 @@ -426,15 +439,15 @@ read hyphenation patterns from the given file .Nm groff : .Bx44N1 .Pp -use program to render HTML files as text +produce HTML output .br .Nm man : -.man16 +.No man-db-1.3.12 to 1.3.17 Pq not before 1996, not after 2001 .Pp -produce HTML output +use program to render HTML files as text .br .Nm man : -.dbI +.No man-1.6 Pq June 24, 2005 .It Fl h print a help message and exit .br @@ -524,8 +537,8 @@ preprocess with source code full text search .br .Nm man : -.man16 ; -.No man-db Pq June 28, 2009 , +.man15e , +.No man-db Pq June 28, 2009 ; .No Solaris 11 .Pp input encoding @@ -569,16 +582,16 @@ pass argument to the spooler .Nm groff : .Bx44N1 .Pp -print list of locales -.br -.Nm manpath : -.Fx Pq Nov 23, 1999 -.Pp use alternate .Xr locale 1 .br .Nm man , apropos , whatis : -.dbI +.No before man-db-2.2a13 Pq before Dec 15, 1994 +.Pp +print list of locales +.br +.Nm manpath : +.Fx Pq Nov 23, 1999 .Pp use .Xr locale 1 @@ -595,7 +608,7 @@ spool the output interpret arguments as file names .br .Nm man : -.dbI , +.No before man-2.2a7 Pq before Nov 16, 1994 , .Ox 5.7 Pq Aug 30, 2014 .br .Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc : @@ -630,7 +643,7 @@ override manual page search path .br .Nm apropos , whatis : .Bx43 , -.dbI ; +.No before man-db-2.2a14 Pq before Dec 16, 1994 ; .Ox , No illumos .br .Nm catman : @@ -877,22 +890,22 @@ set number register .Nm groff : .Bx44N1 .Pp +scan for and remove junk files +.br +.Nm catman : +.Fx Pq March 31, 1995 +.Pp set .Xr less 1 prompt .br .Nm man : -.dbI +.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995 .Pp use regular expression matching .br .Nm apropos , whatis : -.dbI -.Pp -scan for and remove junk files -.br -.Nm catman : -.Fx Pq March 31, 1995 +.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995 .Pp turn off formatting .br @@ -944,6 +957,9 @@ silent mode, do not echo commands .Pp restrict section .br +.Nm makewhatis : +.man15g +.br .Nm man : .Ox 2.3 Pq March 9, 1998 , .Nx Pq June 12, 2000 ; @@ -956,15 +972,12 @@ restrict section .No illumos .br .Nm whatis : -.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 , .No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 , +.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 ; .No illumos -.br .Nm mandoc : .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014 .br -.Nm makewhatis : -.man16 .Pp do not look for stray cats .br @@ -1053,7 +1066,7 @@ preprocess with check manual pages in the hierarchy .br .Nm mandb : -.dbI +.No man-db-1.3.12 to 1.3.17 Pq not before 1996, not after 2001 .Pp check files for problems related to .Xr mandoc.db 5 @@ -1069,18 +1082,18 @@ unsafe mode update database .br .Nm makewhatis : -.man16 -.Pp -update database cache (requires suid) -.br -.Nm man : -.dbI +.Pq not before 1992, not after 1995 .Pp create user databases only .br .Nm mandb : .dbI .Pp +update database cache (requires suid) +.br +.Nm man : +.No before man-db-2.2a10 Pq before Dec 6, 1994 +.Pp remove files from .Xr mandoc.db 5 .br @@ -1108,7 +1121,7 @@ verbose mode .Fx Pq March 15, 1995 .br .Nm makewhatis : -.man16 +.man15g .br .Nm apropos , whatis : .No man-db Pq Dec 29, 2002 @@ -1132,7 +1145,7 @@ disable the named warning list pathnames without additional information .br .Nm man : -.man16 +.man15e .Pp list pathnames of cat files .br @@ -1172,15 +1185,15 @@ database .Nx Pq July 27, 1993 , .No Solaris 9-11 .Pp -use manpath obtained from man --path -.br -.Nm makewhatis : -.man16 -.Pp use wildcard matching .br .Nm apropos , whatis : -.dbI +.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995 +.Pp +use manpath obtained from man --path +.br +.Nm makewhatis : +.man15g .Pp update the .Xr whatis 1 @@ -1216,7 +1229,7 @@ do not run preprocessors .Bx44N1 .br .Nm man : -.dbI +.No man-db-2.2a5 Pq Nov 10, 1994 .It Fl z suppress formatted output from .Xr troff 1 , @@ -1228,7 +1241,7 @@ print only error messages ASCII output mode .br .Nm man : -.dbI +.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995 .It Fl \&? print a help message and exit .br @@ -1295,9 +1308,16 @@ the OpenBSD CVS repository .It the NetBSD CVS repository .It -the man-db CVS and git repositories +the man-db CVS and git repositories (since April 2001) +.It +the man-db NEWS file (April 1995 to Dec 2016) +.It +the man-db ChangeLog-2013 file (Nov 1994 to Dec 2013) +.It +release tarballs man-1.5g (July 1998) to man-1.5p (Jan 2005), +man-1.6 (June 2005), and man-1.6a to man-1.6g (Dec 2010) .It -the final man-1.6 release tarball +a makewhatis release tarball without version number from 1995 .It the illumos manual pages on the WWW .It |