Re: bin/38816 (Man page for boot(8) does not document -1 and -2)

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> The following reply was made to PR bin/38816; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed%reedmedia.net@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: bin/38816 (Man page for boot(8) does not document -1 and -2)
> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:53:01 -0500 (CDT)
>
> On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, pgoyette%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
>
> > Synopsis: Man page for boot(8) does not document -1 and -2
> >
> > Responsible-Changed-From-To: bin-bug-people->pgoyette
> > Responsible-Changed-By: pgoyette%NetBSD.org@localhost
> > Responsible-Changed-When: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:27:31 +0000
> > Responsible-Changed-Why:
> > It's mine.
> >
> >
> > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
> > State-Changed-By: pgoyette%NetBSD.org@localhost
> > State-Changed-When: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:27:31 +0000
> > State-Changed-Why:
> > Fix committed.
>
> I didn't look at all of what was committed yet. But was this for putting a
> man page in amd64 subdirectory too?

Yes.  Otherwise, on a amd64 system, `man boot' just gives the generic 
boot(8) man page.

> What is the policy or plan for the amd64 specific manual pages?
>
> My system has zero amd64 man pages installed so I am wondering if
> something changed.

This is the first one, although there used to be at least one (my new 
Makefile replaced a dead rev 1.3)


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