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1 | Name |
| 2 | Linux man-pages - manual pages for GNU/Linux | |
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4 | Synopsis |
| 5 | This package contains GNU/Linux manual pages for sections 1 through 8. | |
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7 | Description |
| 8 | The manual pages in this project document primarily the Linux kernel | |
| 9 | and the GNU C library, but also consider relevant differences in other | |
| 10 | kernels or C libraries. | |
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12 | These pages are most of the section 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 man pages for |
| 13 | GNU/Linux. A few pages are provided in sections 1 and 8 for commands | |
| 14 | that are not documented in other packages, and there are a few pages in | |
| 15 | sections 5 and 8 for the timezone utilities. | |
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17 | Files |
| 18 | CONTRIBUTING | |
| 19 | Instructions for reporting bugs and contributing. | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | INSTALL | |
| 22 | Instructions for installing and uninstalling. | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | MAINTAINER_NOTES | |
| 25 | Notes for maintainers. | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | README | |
| 28 | Main information about the project and the repository. | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | RELEASE | |
| 31 | Instructions for releasing and distributing new versions. | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | Changes, Changes.old | |
| 34 | Change log. Includes most relevant changes. However, it's not as | |
| 35 | complete as the git(1) log. | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | Makefile, lib/*.mk | |
| 38 | Build system. For help, consult the <INSTALL> file, and run 'make help'. | |
| 39 | ||
| e65e1c0d | 40 | man-pages.lsm |
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41 | Linux software map. See also <https://lsm.qqx.org/>. |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | LICENSES/*.txt | |
| 44 | Licenses in use by the project. | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | etc/* | |
| 47 | Configuration files for (linter) programs called by the build system. | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | man*/* | |
| 50 | Manual pages. | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | scripts/* | |
| 53 | Useful scripts for maintainers. | |
| 54 | ||
| 55 | tmp/ | |
| 56 | Default directory for files created by the build system. | |
| 57 | ||
| 58 | Versions | |
| 59 | Tarballs of releases starting from 2.00 are available at | |
| 60 | <https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/>. | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 | The git(1) repository covers the development since 1.70: | |
| 63 | <git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git> | |
| 64 | ||
| 65 | A secondary git(1) repository can be found at: | |
| 66 | <git://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git> | |
| 67 | ||
| 68 | Caveats | |
| 69 | Some projects provide their own manual pages, not related to the Linux | |
| 70 | man-pages project. | |
| 71 | ||
| 72 | Bugs | |
| 73 | See the <CONTRIBUTING> file. | |
| 74 | ||
| 75 | Maintainers | |
| 76 | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> | |
| 77 | 2020 - present (5.10 - HEAD) | |
| 78 | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> <https://man7.org/> | |
| 79 | 2004 - present (2.00 - 5.13) | |
| 80 | Andries Brower <aeb@cwi.nl> <https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb> | |
| 81 | 1995 - 2004 (1.6 - 1.70) | |
| 82 | Rik Faith <https://www.cs.unc.edu/~faith/> | |
| 83 | 1993 - 1995 (1.0 - 1.5) | |
| 84 | ||
| 85 | Copyright | |
| 86 | Several free/open source licenses. See the <LICENSES/> directory, and | |
| 87 | the comment at the top of each source file. | |
| 88 | ||
| 89 | See also | |
| 90 | man-pages(7) | |
| 91 | ||
| 92 | Website | |
| 93 | <http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/index.html>. |