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1 | Name |
2 | Linux man-pages - manual pages for GNU/Linux | |
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146f6325 | 4 | Synopsis |
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5 | This package contains GNU/Linux manual pages for sections 1 |
6 | through 8. | |
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146f6325 | 8 | Description |
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9 | The manual pages in this project document primarily the Linux |
10 | kernel and the GNU C library, but also consider relevant | |
11 | differences in other kernels or C libraries. | |
1718760f | 12 | |
146f6325 | 13 | These pages are most of the section 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 man pages for |
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14 | GNU/Linux. A few pages are provided in sections 1 and 8 for |
15 | commands that are not documented in other packages, and there are | |
16 | a few pages in sections 5 and 8 for the timezone utilities. | |
336ae0d2 | 17 | |
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18 | Files |
19 | CONTRIBUTING | |
20 | Instructions for reporting bugs and contributing. | |
21 | ||
22 | INSTALL | |
23 | Instructions for installing and uninstalling. | |
24 | ||
25 | MAINTAINER_NOTES | |
26 | Notes for maintainers. | |
27 | ||
28 | README | |
29 | Main information about the project and the repository. | |
30 | ||
31 | RELEASE | |
32 | Instructions for releasing and distributing new versions. | |
33 | ||
34 | Changes, Changes.old | |
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35 | Change log. Includes most relevant changes. However, it's not |
36 | as complete as the git(1) log. | |
146f6325 | 37 | |
b60faa4d | 38 | GNUmakefile, share/mk/* |
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39 | Build system. For help, consult the <INSTALL> file, and run |
40 | 'make help'. | |
146f6325 | 41 | |
98a295c6 | 42 | lsm |
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43 | Linux software map. See also <https://lsm.qqx.org/>. |
44 | ||
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45 | .mailmap |
46 | See gitmailmap(5). | |
47 | ||
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48 | LICENSES/*.txt |
49 | Licenses in use by the project. | |
50 | ||
51 | etc/* | |
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52 | Configuration files for (linter) programs called by the build |
53 | system. | |
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54 | |
55 | man*/* | |
56 | Manual pages. | |
57 | ||
58 | scripts/* | |
59 | Useful scripts for maintainers. | |
60 | ||
7c90d7d0 | 61 | .tmp/ |
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62 | Default directory for files created by the build system. |
63 | ||
64 | Versions | |
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65 | Tarballs |
66 | <https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/> | |
146f6325 | 67 | |
890adb52 | 68 | Git |
146f6325 | 69 | <git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git> |
890adb52 | 70 | <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/> |
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71 | |
72 | A secondary git(1) repository can be found at: | |
73 | <git://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git> | |
890adb52 | 74 | <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/> |
146f6325 | 75 | |
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76 | Online man-pages |
77 | ||
78 | <https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/book/> | |
146f6325 | 79 | |
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80 | History |
81 | Tarballs | |
82 | Tarballs of man-pages-1.* releases are available at: | |
83 | <https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/ftpdocs/linux-local/manpages.archive/> | |
146f6325 | 84 | |
890adb52 | 85 | Maintainers |
146f6325 | 86 | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> |
c8c57486 | 87 | 2020 - present (5.09 - HEAD) |
146f6325 | 88 | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> <https://man7.org/> |
890adb52 | 89 | 2004 - 2021 (2.00 - 5.13) |
10567c9a | 90 | Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> <https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb> |
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91 | 1995 - 2004 (1.6 - 1.70) |
92 | Rik Faith <https://www.cs.unc.edu/~faith/> | |
93 | 1993 - 1995 (1.0 - 1.5) | |
94 | ||
890adb52 | 95 | Caveats |
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96 | Some projects provide their own manual pages, not related to the |
97 | Linux man-pages project. | |
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98 | |
99 | Bugs | |
100 | See the <CONTRIBUTING> file. | |
101 | ||
146f6325 | 102 | Copyright |
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103 | Several free/open source licenses. See the <LICENSES/> |
104 | directory, and the comment at the top of each source file. | |
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105 | |
106 | See also | |
107 | man-pages(7) | |
108 | ||
109 | Website | |
110 | <http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/index.html>. | |
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111 | |
112 | Downstream packages | |
113 | Arch man-pages | |
114 | <https://archlinux.org/packages/core/any/man-pages/> | |
115 | Debian manpages | |
116 | <https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/manpages> | |
f12aea26 | 117 | Fedora rpms/man-pages |
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118 | <https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/man-pages> |
119 | Gentoo sys-apps/man-pages | |
120 | <https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-apps/man-pages> | |
121 | openSUSE man-pages | |
122 | <https://software.opensuse.org/package/man-pages> | |
123 | ||
124 | Related projects | |
125 | Debian manpages-l10n | |
126 | <https://manpages-l10n-team.pages.debian.net/manpages-l10n/> | |
127 | GNU C Library (glibc) | |
128 | <https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/> | |
129 | GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) | |
130 | <https://gcc.gnu.org/> | |
131 | GNU roff (groff) | |
132 | <https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/> | |
133 | Linux kernel | |
134 | <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ | |
135 | man-db | |
136 | <https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/> | |
137 | mandoc | |
138 | <https://mandoc.bsd.lv/> |