[PATCH:xdm] Install xdm man pages under admin section (8), not user programs (1)
Julien Cristau
jcristau at debian.org
Mon Jan 23 21:36:59 UTC 2017
On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 16:26:08 -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> As best I can tell, it was historically under section 1 mainly because
> the old X Consortium Imake configs only supporting installing program
> man pages there, and didn't have an option for using other sections.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com>
> ---
>
> I'm sending this out not just for review that I made the right changes,
> but to see if there's general agreement this change is right. It was
> pointed out by one of our users who thought it odd that gdm's man page
> is in section 8, but xdm's is in section 1.
>
That seems right to me.
Cheers,
Julien
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