Re: [PATCH] Fix man section in reference to mutt_dotlock

[Derek Martin]

On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 03:04:33AM +0300, Maxim Tarasov wrote:
> ---
>  init.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/init.h b/init.h
> index 06d4cc9a..f0d2c697 100644
> --- a/init.h
> +++ b/init.h
> @@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ struct option_t MuttVars[] = {
>    { "dotlock_program",  DT_PATH, R_NONE, {.p=&MuttDotlock}, {.p=BINDIR 
> "/mutt_dotlock"} },
>    /*
>    ** .pp
> -  ** Contains the path of the \fCmutt_dotlock(8)\fP binary to be used by
> +  ** Contains the path of the \fCmutt_dotlock(1)\fP binary to be used by
>    ** mutt.
>    */
>  #endif

I think this is not correct.  Section 1 of the man pages is meant for
user-oriented utilities and applications, and mutt_dotlock is not such
a thing--users generally have no call to run it directly.  It is more
a helper program for the administration of locks, and section 8 is for
admin programs.

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