On Fri, 19 Jun 2026 at 16:00:05 -0400, Alexander Ziaee wrote: > Hi, I would like to share the improvements I've made in FreeBSD. > --- > share/man/man5/intro.5 | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- > - > 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/share/man/man5/intro.5 b/share/man/man5/intro.5 > index 5b7a7f4b9c27..921110ab603d 100644 > --- a/share/man/man5/intro.5 > +++ b/share/man/man5/intro.5 > @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ > -.\" $NetBSD: intro.5,v 1.5 2009/03/11 13:50:39 joerg Exp $ > .\" > -.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. > -.\" All rights reserved. > +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause > +.\" > +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 > +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights > reserved. > .\" > .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or > without > .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following > conditions > @@ -11,29 +12,57 @@ > .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above > copyright > .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer > in the > .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the > distribution. > +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its > contributors > +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this > software > +.\" without specific prior written permission. > .\" > -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND > CONTRIBUTORS > -.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT > NOT LIMITED > -.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A > PARTICULAR > -.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR > CONTRIBUTORS BE > -.\" LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, > OR > -.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT > OF > -.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR > BUSINESS > -.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, > WHETHER IN > -.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR > OTHERWISE) > -.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF > ADVISED OF THE > -.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS > IS'' AND > +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > THE > +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A > PARTICULAR PURPOSE > +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE > LIABLE > +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR > CONSEQUENTIAL > +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE > GOODS > +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS > INTERRUPTION) > +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN > CONTRACT, STRICT > +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN > ANY WAY > +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE > POSSIBILITY OF > +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. > .\" > -.Dd April 21, 1998 > +.Dd June 19, 2026 > .Dt INTRO 5 > .Os > .Sh NAME > .Nm intro > .Nd introduction to file formats > .Sh DESCRIPTION > -This section contains documentation on binary and configuration > -file formats. > +This section contains information about the file formats > +which comprise most data structures in the > +.Bx > +environment, including: > +.Pp > +.Bl -bullet -compact > +.It > +.Xr ascii 7 > +configuration and resource files > +.It > +system binary file and stream structures > +.It > +composition of database files > +.El > +.Sh FILES > +.Bl -tag -width "/usr/local/etc/" -compact > +.It Pa /etc/ > +base system software configuration files > +.It Pa /usr/local/etc/ > +locally installed software configuration files > +.El > +.Sh SEE ALSO > +.Xr apropos 1 , > +.Xr intro 1 , > +.Xr hier 7 , > +.Xr intro 8 > .Sh HISTORY > -.Nm intro > -appeared in > +The > +.Nm Ns Pq 5 > +manual page first appeared in > .Nx 1.4 .
Leaving aside the copyright aspect uwe@ mentioned, unlike (most?) other BSDs, NetBSD doesn't install what other BSDs call "ports" (we call "pkgsrc") to /usr/local; the default is /usr/pkg. If listing what's commonly found in the section 5 context, I might expect more entries than just those two. Regards, Dave PS I said I'd leave aside copyright, but as one aspect, the patch has +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause which TNF has not approved for use, though there has been recent discussion about the topic, e.g., https://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=60287 was filed.
