On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 11:28:47PM +0200, Gordon Bergling wrote: > On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 11:58:05AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 8:51 AM Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > ... > > > We often have "An ls command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX." Our source > > > code and man page is not from that, but that is the history of ls. > > > > > > This *could* be amended and *should* be amended to reflect that apropos, > > > and makewhatis got *updated* by a switch to the mandoc versions, but it > > > is misleading to say it was intergrated with the switch to mandoc as that > > > implies it did not exist before this action. > > > > I tend to agree with Rod here. These appeared in X the first time, but > > noting they were replaced in version X with Y is the best way to address > > the current provenance of the code... > > OK, I see your arguments. How about the following addition for HISTORY > section, > > The apropos utility was integrated into FreeBSD 11.1 as part of the > switch to mandoc. Before the switch to mandoc apropos was available since > FreeBSD 1.0.
It should be the other way around: "The apropos utility appeared in FreeBSD 1.0. Since FreeBSD 11.1 it is based on mandoc implementation." ./danfe _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
