README

   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 through 8.
   6
   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.
  11
  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.
  16
  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
  40    lsm
  41        Linux software map.  See also <https://lsm.qqx.org/>.
  42
  43    .mailmap
  44        See gitmailmap(5).
  45
  46    LICENSES/*.txt
  47        Licenses in use by the project.
  48
  49    etc/*
  50        Configuration files for (linter) programs called by the build system.
  51
  52    man*/*
  53        Manual pages.
  54
  55    scripts/*
  56        Useful scripts for maintainers.
  57
  58    tmp/
  59        Default directory for files created by the build system.
  60
  61 Versions
  62        Tarballs of releases starting from 2.00 are available at
  63        <https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/>.
  64
  65        The git(1) repository covers the development since 1.70:
  66        <git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git>
  67
  68        A secondary git(1) repository can be found at:
  69        <git://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git>
  70
  71 Caveats
  72        Some projects provide their own manual pages, not related to the Linux
  73        man-pages project.
  74
  75 Bugs
  76        See the <CONTRIBUTING> file.
  77
  78 Maintainers
  79        Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
  80              2020 - present (5.09 - HEAD)
  81        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> <https://man7.org/>
  82              2004 - 2021 (2.00 - 5.13)
  83        Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> <https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb>
  84              1995 - 2004    (1.6  - 1.70)
  85        Rik Faith <https://www.cs.unc.edu/~faith/>
  86              1993 - 1995    (1.0  - 1.5)
  87
  88 Copyright
  89        Several free/open source licenses.  See the <LICENSES/> directory, and
  90        the comment at the top of each source file.
  91
  92 See also
  93        man-pages(7)
  94
  95    Website
  96        <http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/index.html>.