Multiple (same) sets of man pages

Mike Barcroft mike at FreeBSD.org
Wed Apr 23 10:46:38 PDT 2003


Daniel Eischen <deischen at freebsd.org> writes:
> [ doc@ bcc:'d ]
> 
> With 3 threading libraries, each with a set of the same man pages,
> how should this be handled?  It doesn't make any sense to have
> all of them installed and yet it should still be possible to
> install all 3 thread libraries.
> 
> Do we need a different heirarchy for threads?

Ideally, they'd all document the same specification.  Perhaps there
would be one document that discusses the pros and cons of each
implementation with instructions on enabling them.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft


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