What's the difference between docs and manpages?
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Brotten · 2021-05-14 10:23

Sometimes when compiling a port, you get asked to install
documentation. I always assumed those were the manpages, but a port
just had an option for both. So what are "docs"?

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8XtmTP3e · 2021-05-14 11:16

Some ports also have stuff that lives in `/usr/local/share/doc` which
may be more detailed, or a different format. For example, `curl` has a
manpage, and also had a bunch of Markdown files in
`/usr/local/share/doc/curl` as well

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one_is_the_loneliest · 2021-05-14 20:19

A bunch of GNU software integrates with `info`, so maybe that would
qualify too?

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AbsolutelyLudicrous · 2021-05-15 00:58

IIRC Info files go in /usr/local/share/info