Hi Jeffrey,

Jeffrey Walton wrote on Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 11:55:53AM -0400:

> I assumed OpenBSD and NetBSD were collaborating and shared code and
> docs in some places.

To a limited extent, that is true.

For example, NetBSD includes mandoc(1) which is predominantly
developed on OpenBSD while OpenBSD includes editline(7) which
is predominantly developed on NetBSD.

But that doesn't mean either system slavishly copies changes
from the other, nor that components both contain work in
exactly the same way.  Developers of both systems use their
own judgement to decide what to merge from the other system,
and when.

So please do use the documentation from the right system even
for those components that are very similar on both, or you will
sooner or later stumble over some subtle difference.

Yours,
  Ingo

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