Linux man-pages - manual pages for GNU/Linux
Synopsis
- This package contains GNU/Linux manual pages for sections 1 through 8.
+ This package contains GNU/Linux manual pages for sections 1
+ through 8.
Description
- The manual pages in this project document primarily the Linux kernel
- and the GNU C library, but also consider relevant differences in other
- kernels or C libraries.
+ The manual pages in this project document primarily the Linux
+ kernel and the GNU C library, but also consider relevant
+ differences in other kernels or C libraries.
These pages are most of the section 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 man pages for
- GNU/Linux. A few pages are provided in sections 1 and 8 for commands
- that are not documented in other packages, and there are a few pages in
- sections 5 and 8 for the timezone utilities.
+ GNU/Linux. A few pages are provided in sections 1 and 8 for
+ commands that are not documented in other packages, and there are
+ a few pages in sections 5 and 8 for the timezone utilities.
Files
CONTRIBUTING
+ CONTRIBUTING.d/*
Instructions for reporting bugs and contributing.
INSTALL
Instructions for releasing and distributing new versions.
Changes, Changes.old
- Change log. Includes most relevant changes. However, it's not as
- complete as the git(1) log.
+ Change log. Includes most relevant changes. However, it's not
+ as complete as the git(1) log.
- Makefile, lib/*.mk
- Build system. For help, consult the <INSTALL> file, and run 'make help'.
+ GNUmakefile, share/mk/*
+ Build system. For help, consult the <INSTALL> file, and run
+ 'make help'.
- man-pages.lsm
+ lsm
Linux software map. See also <https://lsm.qqx.org/>.
LICENSES/*.txt
Licenses in use by the project.
etc/*
- Configuration files for (linter) programs called by the build system.
+ Configuration files for (linter) programs called by the build
+ system.
man*/*
Manual pages.
scripts/*
Useful scripts for maintainers.
- tmp/
+ .tmp/
Default directory for files created by the build system.
Versions
- Tarballs of releases starting from 2.00 are available at
- <https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/>.
-
- The git(1) repository covers the development since 1.70:
- <git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git>
-
- A secondary git(1) repository can be found at:
- <git://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git>
+ Distribution
+ <https://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/>
+ <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/share/dist/man-pages/>
+
+ Git
+ <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/>
+ <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/>
+
+ Online man-pages
+ PDF
+ <https://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/book/>
+ <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/share/dist/man-pages/>
+ HTML
+ <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/index.html>
+
+History
+ Tarballs
+ Tarballs of man-pages-1.* releases are available at:
+ <https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/ftpdocs/linux-local/manpages.archive/>
+
+ Maintainers
+ Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
+ 2020 - present (5.09 - HEAD)
+ Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> <https://man7.org/>
+ 2004 - 2021 (2.00 - 5.13)
+ Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> <https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb>
+ 1995 - 2004 (1.6 - 1.70)
+ Rik Faith <https://www.cs.unc.edu/~faith/>
+ 1993 - 1995 (1.0 - 1.5)
Caveats
- Some projects provide their own manual pages, not related to the Linux
- man-pages project.
+ Some projects provide their own manual pages, not related to the
+ Linux man-pages project.
Bugs
See the <CONTRIBUTING> file.
-Maintainers
- Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
- 2020 - present (5.10 - HEAD)
- Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> <https://man7.org/>
- 2004 - present (2.00 - 5.13)
- Andries Brower <aeb@cwi.nl> <https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb>
- 1995 - 2004 (1.6 - 1.70)
- Rik Faith <https://www.cs.unc.edu/~faith/>
- 1993 - 1995 (1.0 - 1.5)
-
Copyright
- Several free/open source licenses. See the <LICENSES/> directory, and
- the comment at the top of each source file.
+ Several free/open source licenses. See the <LICENSES/>
+ directory, and the comment at the top of each source file.
See also
man-pages(7)
Website
- <http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/index.html>.
+ <https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/index.html>.
+
+ Downstream packages
+ Arch man-pages
+ <https://archlinux.org/packages/core/any/man-pages/>
+ Debian manpages
+ <https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/manpages>
+ Fedora rpms/man-pages
+ <https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/man-pages>
+ Gentoo sys-apps/man-pages
+ <https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-apps/man-pages>
+ openSUSE man-pages
+ <https://software.opensuse.org/package/man-pages>
+
+ Related projects
+ Debian manpages-l10n
+ <https://manpages-l10n-team.pages.debian.net/manpages-l10n/>
+ GNU C Library (glibc)
+ <https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/>
+ GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
+ <https://gcc.gnu.org/>
+ GNU roff (groff)
+ <https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/>
+ Linux kernel
+ <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
+ man-db
+ <https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/>
+ mandoc
+ <https://mandoc.bsd.lv/>