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, share/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
  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 Linux
  94        man-pages project.
  95
  96 Bugs
  97        See the <CONTRIBUTING> file.
  98
  99 Copyright
 100        Several free/open source licenses.  See the <LICENSES/> directory, and
 101        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/manpages
 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/>