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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    LICENSES/*.txt
  46        Licenses in use by the project.
  47
  48    etc/*
  49        Configuration files for (linter) programs called by the build
  50        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
  63        <https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/>
  64
  65    Git
  66        <git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git>
  67        <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/>
  68
  69        A secondary git(1) repository can be found at:
  70        <git://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git>
  71        <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/>
  72
  73    Online man-pages
  74        PDF
  75              <https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/book/>
  76
  77 History
  78    Tarballs
  79        Tarballs of man-pages-1.* releases are available at:
  80        <https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/ftpdocs/linux-local/manpages.archive/>
  81
  82    Maintainers
  83        Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
  84              2020 - present (5.09 - HEAD)
  85        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> <https://man7.org/>
  86              2004 - 2021    (2.00 - 5.13)
  87        Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> <https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb>
  88              1995 - 2004    (1.6  - 1.70)
  89        Rik Faith <https://www.cs.unc.edu/~faith/>
  90              1993 - 1995    (1.0  - 1.5)
  91
  92 Caveats
  93        Some projects provide their own manual pages, not related to the
  94        Linux man-pages project.
  95
  96 Bugs
  97        See the <CONTRIBUTING> file.
  98
  99 Copyright
 100        Several free/open source licenses.  See the <LICENSES/>
 101        directory, and the comment at the top of each source file.
 102
 103 See also
 104        man-pages(7)
 105
 106    Website
 107        <http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/index.html>.
 108
 109    Downstream packages
 110        Arch man-pages
 111              <https://archlinux.org/packages/core/any/man-pages/>
 112        Debian manpages
 113              <https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/manpages>
 114        Fedora rpms/man-pages
 115              <https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/man-pages>
 116        Gentoo sys-apps/man-pages
 117              <https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-apps/man-pages>
 118        openSUSE man-pages
 119              <https://software.opensuse.org/package/man-pages>
 120
 121    Related projects
 122        Debian manpages-l10n
 123              <https://manpages-l10n-team.pages.debian.net/manpages-l10n/>
 124        GNU C Library (glibc)
 125              <https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/>
 126        GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
 127              <https://gcc.gnu.org/>
 128        GNU roff (groff)
 129              <https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/>
 130        Linux kernel
 131              <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
 132        man-db
 133              <https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/>
 134        mandoc
 135              <https://mandoc.bsd.lv/>