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From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re:%20docs/29525:%20hier%28%37%29%20has%20sometimes-erroneous%20descriptions%20of%20tmp%20dirs.

>Number:         30750
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Re:%20docs/29525:%20hier%28%37%29%20has%20sometimes-erroneous%20descriptions%20of%20tmp%20dirs.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    greid
>State:          closed
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Sep 22 21:40:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:    Sun Sep 23 16:59:22 PDT 2001
>Last-Modified:  Wed Oct 26 05:15:49 GMT 2005
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>Description:
 I too like to avoid duplication, but I think the amount duplicated
 (about 15 words) is too small to eliminate, given the structure of the
 man page.  The information provided in the patch is stuff I've seen
 written in articles and posts; it should be available in documentation.
 
 I had hoped that the sketchiness of this (and many other man pages)
 was the result of a lack of time, not a desire for brevity.  I guess
 I'll learn the FreeBSD tradition after a while.
 
 BTW, the descriptions of /var/tmp and /tmp are misleading for even the
 FreeBSD default because the dirs are treated similarly (neither is
 cleaned at boot) but described differently.
 
 The Footnote idea is useful in any case; I'll add it to my to-do list
 for a separate PR.  How about adding it to the one line "Description"
 section instead of footnoting it?  Or in a "Bugs" section?  Man pages
 don't really have footnotes, do they?
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>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: greid 
State-Changed-When: Sun Sep 23 16:59:22 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
Not a PR 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: gnats-admin->greid 
Responsible-Changed-By: greid 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Sep 23 16:59:22 PDT 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Misfiled 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=30750 
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