svn commit: r314833 - in head: bin/pkill lib/libxo/tests/encoder libexec/rtld-elf share/termcap usr.bin/chpass usr.bin/passwd usr.sbin/bsdinstall/partedit usr.sbin/mailwrapper usr.sbin/nologin

[Warner Losh]

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 12:44 AM, Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya)
<yaneurabeya at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mar 6, 2017, at 21:56, Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd at pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 9:10 PM, Rodney W. Grimes <rgrimes at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>> Author: rgrimes
>>>> Date: Tue Mar  7 05:10:38 2017
>>>> New Revision: 314833
>>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/314833
>>>>
>>>> Log:
>>>>  Convert absolute links to relative links.
>>>>  Style.Makefile(9) has been ignored to produce minimal diffs.
>>>
>>> Hey Rod,
>>>
>>> Not to pick nits excessively, but the style.Makefile manual page
>>> (which I'd never heard of before today) appears to be in section 5,
>>> not 9.  That may be wrong ? I thought 5 was for configuration files.
>>
>> *sigh*   Yet more messes to sweep up.  It defanitly does not belong
>> in 5, I had just assumed it was in 9 as that is where style(9) is.
>>
>> I am in no hurry to fix this, but glad you get to read some new
>> info.
>
> Why does it belong in 9 (also, thanks Conrad for noting my faux pas too)?
>
>            5.   FreeBSD File Formats Manual
> ...
>            9.   FreeBSD Kernel Developer's Manual
>
> 9 looks inappropriate in this case according to `man man` :).

style(9) is there because it started out life for the kernel.

It belongs in section 5. This was extensively debated when it went
into the tree.

Please do not move it.

Warner