svn commit: r276565 - in head/gnu: lib/libstdc++/doc usr.bin/diff usr.bin/diff/doc usr.bin/gdb usr.bin/gperf usr.bin/gperf/doc

[Alfred Perlstein]

On 1/2/15 1:33 PM, Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 03:59:11PM -0500, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Steve Kargl <
>> sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 08:34:56PM +0000, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>>>> Author: ngie
>>>> Date: Fri Jan  2 20:34:55 2015
>>>> New Revision: 276565
>>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/276565
>>>>
>>>> Log:
>>>>    Remove gnu/ info pages to unbreak the build with MK_GCC != no, etc
>>>>
>>> Does this mean that FreeBSD is now shipping utilities without
>>> documentation?
>>>
>> I'm pretty sure we've been doing that for a long, long time.
>>
>> Note that MK_GCC=no is the default on head for the tier-1 platforms.
>>
> Yeah, I know what the default is for tier-1, which is somewhat
> irrelevant to my question.  bapt@ has removed info pages (and
> Garrett seems to have cleanup after bapt).  Noting that FreeBSD
> has more than just tier-1, the question remains.  Is FreeBSD
> now shipping utilities without proper documentation?
>
The docs are there, you just need to install a package to read them.

It was explained in the commit log.

-Alfred