[oi-dev] perl and Symbol.3 manpage
stes@PANDORA.BE
stes at telenet.be
Sat Feb 11 17:03:36 UTC 2023
Maybe I should add that on Illumos the files are:
https://illumos.org/man/3/all
and
https://illumos.org/man/3PERL/all
----- Op 11 feb 2023 om 18:01 schreef stes at PANDORA.BE stes at telenet.be:
> I believe that the runtime/perl-534 and package runtime/perl-536 package a file
>
> /usr/share/man/man3/Symbol.3
>
> This can be verified with : pkg contents runtime/perl-534 | grep Symbol
>
> Should this file be in man3 ?
>
> There also exists a /usr/share/man/man3perl
>
> But that directory seems to be empty for me.
>
> I'm not sure what the OpenIndiana conventions are for putting files in man3/
>
> Perhaps on older versions of OpenIndiana the file was only in
> usr/perl5/5.xx/man/man3/Symbol.3
>
> where 5.xx is the release like 5.34 and 5.36 without linking or copying into
> /usr/share/man/man3 itself.
>
>
> I'm asking because a different software is also trying to put a file Symbol.3 in
> /usr/share/man/man3,
> and I've noticed that since a while it complains about the Perl file in man3.
>
> Regards,
> David Stes
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