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Re: Updating dtrace(1) man page



> On Jun 6, 2017, at 09:19, Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Jun 6,  8:37pm, er.abhinav.upadhyay%gmail.com@localhost (Abhinav Upadhyay) wrote:
> -- Subject: Re: Updating dtrace(1) man page
> 
> | On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 1:56 AM, Christos Zoulas <christos%astron.com@localhost> wrote:
> | > In article <CAHwRYJ=NDeuJMWj4r4mTY5DnC4VtSxUhP2GdqU-5N_KNX1VM4Q%mail.gmail.com@localhost>,
> | > Abhinav Upadhyay  <er.abhinav.upadhyay%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> | >>Hi,
> | >>
> | >>The dtrace(1) man page currently seems to be a vanilla copy of what is
> | >>shipped with Solaris. For example it says that dtrace is a tracing
> | >>framework for Solaris. Similarly, it has references to Solaris
> | >>specific tools (isainfo -b) and documentation (Solaris Dynamic Tracing
> | >>guide).
> | >>
> | >>I was thinking to make a few changes to reflect that it was ported to
> | >>NetBSD from Solaris and to remove Solaris specific references. Then, I
> | >>looked at FreeBSD's dtrace(1) man page and they have already done
> | >>that. As a bonus, they have converted the man page to mdoc(7).
> | >>
> | >>I have compared our man page with theirs and everything is the same,
> | >>minus the references to Solaris specific tools and documentation.
> | >>Should we replace our man page with the FreeBSD version?
> | >
> | > Sure, go for it!
> | >
> |
> | Is this still a go or should we wait till the import? :)
> 
> I guess wait. When is the import happening?

Hi Abhinav,
	If you have suggestions for dtrace(1) (based on the FreeBSD’s manpage), please let me know. I’ll be happy to review and usher them into our tree :).
Thanks!
-Ngie

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