Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 4:26 AM Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 2020-03-18, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > According to https://man.openbsd.org/NetBSD-8.1/security.7#FORTIFY_SOURCE
> > > OpenBSD implements glibc bounds checking on certain functions. I am
> > > trying to detect FORTIFY_SOURCE without looking up operating system
> > > names and versions.
> >
> > That is a NetBSD manual page, it does not apply to OpenBSD.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> I may be splitting hairs, but the pages title clearly says it is an
> OpenBSD man page.
> 
> What is the purpose of supplying man pages for the wrong operating
> system? It wastes people's time and breaks search. This search does
> not produce expected results:
> https://www.google.com/search?q=FORTIFY_SOURCE+site%3Aopenbsd.org.
> 
> If you really want to confuse folks, maybe OpenSD can supply Windows man 
> pages.

I'm going to stand up and agree.

Ingo -- I think using man.openbsd.org as a "testbed for all possible man
page hierarchies" incorrect.

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