Your message dated Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:27:27 +0100
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and subject line findmnt manpage in section 8
has caused the Debian Bug report #758071,
regarding man findmnt in section 8 but command in bin not sbin
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Package: mount
Severity: wishlist
Version: 2.25-8
Should man findmnt be in section 1 since the command is in bin not sbin?
Hmmm,
$ dlocate -man mount
5 fstab
8 findmnt
8 losetup
8 mount
8 swapoff
8 swapon
8 umount
$ dlocate -L mount|grep bin/
/sbin/losetup
/sbin/swapoff
/sbin/swapon
/bin/findmnt
/bin/mount
/bin/umount
OK I see
file:///usr/share/doc/debian-policy/fhs/fhs-2.3.html#USRSHAREMANMANUALPAGES
isn't that strict and sorry if I filed this kind of bug before.
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Hello!
The suggestion was that findmnt(8) would be better suitable in
section 1.
FHS definitions:
man1: User programs
Manual pages that describe publicly accessible commands are contained in this
chapter. Most program documentation that a user will need to use is located
here.
man8: System administration
Programs used by system administrators for system operation and maintenance are
documented here. Some of these programs are also occasionally useful for normal
users.
Given the above I'd say that 8 is a much better fit than 1. I don't consider
mounts something users should have to deal with at all, but ofcourse they
can investigate the system if they wish.... Given the last phrase
"Some of these programs are also occasionally useful for normal users."
gives me extra confidence in saying that 8 is the right section.
I've just tagged the bug wontfix because of this and now closing it.
Please adjust queries for wontfix bugs to include both open and closed
bug reports.
Regards,
Andreas Henriksson
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