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   1 Name
   2        Linux man-pages - manual pages for GNU/Linux
   3
   4 Synopsis
   5        This package contains GNU/Linux manual pages for sections 1
   6        through 8.
   7
   8 Description
   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.
  12
  13        These pages are most of the section 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 man pages for
  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.
  17
  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
  35        Change log.  Includes most relevant changes.  However, it's not
  36        as complete as the git(1) log.
  37
  38    GNUmakefile, share/mk/*
  39        Build system.  For help, consult the <INSTALL> file, and run
  40        'make help'.
  41
  42    lsm
  43        Linux software map.  See also <https://lsm.qqx.org/>.
  44
  45    .mailmap
  46        See gitmailmap(5).
  47
  48    LICENSES/*.txt
  49        Licenses in use by the project.
  50
  51    etc/*
  52        Configuration files for (linter) programs called by the build
  53        system.
  54
  55    man*/*
  56        Manual pages.
  57
  58    scripts/*
  59        Useful scripts for maintainers.
  60
  61    .tmp/
  62        Default directory for files created by the build system.
  63
  64 Versions
  65    Tarballs
  66        <https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/>
  67
  68    Git
  69        <git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git>
  70        <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/>
  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>
  74        <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/>
  75
  76    Online man-pages
  77        PDF
  78              <https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/book/>
  79
  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/>
  84
  85    Maintainers
  86        Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
  87              2020 - present (5.09 - HEAD)
  88        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> <https://man7.org/>
  89              2004 - 2021    (2.00 - 5.13)
  90        Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> <https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb>
  91              1995 - 2004    (1.6  - 1.70)
  92        Rik Faith <https://www.cs.unc.edu/~faith/>
  93              1993 - 1995    (1.0  - 1.5)
  94
  95 Caveats
  96        Some projects provide their own manual pages, not related to the
  97        Linux man-pages project.
  98
  99 Bugs
 100        See the <CONTRIBUTING> file.
 101
 102 Copyright
 103        Several free/open source licenses.  See the <LICENSES/>
 104        directory, and the comment at the top of each source file.
 105
 106 See also
 107        man-pages(7)
 108
 109    Website
 110        <http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/index.html>.
 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>
 117        Fedora rpms/man-pages
 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/>