Marc Espie <es...@nerim.net> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 02:16:23PM -0500, Tim Chase wrote: > > Dangling SEE ALSO references to man-pages that don't exist: > > > > dig(1) references missing named(8) and dnssec-keygen(8) > > host(1) references missing named(8) > > nslookup(1) references missing named(8) > > info(5) references missing emacs(1) > > info(5) references missing tex(1) > > texinfo(5) references missing emacs(1) > > texinfo(5) references missing tex(1) > > readline(3) references missing bash(1) > > Now, all of these DO exist, in the ports tree. > > Question: should the base system manpages be self-contained 100%, or is > it better to also point people to optional software that may or may not > be installed ?.. > > I believe there's no 100% correct answer. > > For instance, info mode in emacs and the relationship between .texi > and the TeX formatter are tight enough that I believe those references > are innocuous.
I decision which can only be made by someone who fixes our base tree.
