cvs commit: src/share/man/man4/man4.i386 ct.4

Roman Kurakin rik at cronyx.ru
Fri Mar 12 15:20:25 PST 2004


M. Warner Losh wrote:

>In message: <4051B87F.5000008 at cronyx.ru>
>            Roman Kurakin <rik at cronyx.ru> writes:
>: >- device line in sys/i386/conf/NOTES
>: >and so on. People who don't know about ctau will want to see ctau.4
>: >  
>: >
>: There is a link from ct.4 to ctau.4
>
>Since mitsunaga-san has a ct.4 man page, I'm still thinking the
>easiest thing to do is not install a symbolic link, but instead
>install it with a note:
>
>	Historically, the driver for the Cronyx-Tau WAN adapters was
>	ct.  This device name was changed to ctau to avoid conflicts
>	with the pc98 ct driver.  The network device name for these
>	is 'ct'.  Please see ctau(4) for the details for that device.
>
This is not the best variant, but acceptable.

>
>However, looking at man4.i386, it appaers that ct.4 is checked in, not
>ctau.4, so here's what I'm proposing:
>
>(1) We rename it in CVS, likely with a cvs remove/add.
>(2) We fix the Makefile to reflect the new name, but with no link.
>(3) mitsunaga-san checked in the ct.4 he has for pc98, with the
>    (addition of the above note).
>
>This should alievate the problem, while allowing current users of ct
>(both sets) minimal disruption.  The ctau folks may have to look at
>two man pages, and the pc98 folks should have to change little or
>nothing.
>
>The more drastic alternatives would likely be more heavy handed.
>
>Warner
>
>
>  
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