<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.26.0"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 10:17 +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>> There is no harm done in providing this information and stating when</TT> <TT>> it is applicable.</TT> <TT>I disagree.  </TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> I don't have a strong opinion on that. Help me out with good examples on how other man pages deal with a situation where the content might vary based on the computer where the software is installed. I think this is this only module in xorg that does that. If this is preferable, then perhaps other modules should do so as well. Some have several configure options. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>> +This resource is valid only when the arc4random() function</TT> <TT>> +has been detected at installation.</TT> <TT>How should a non-technical know whether arc4random() is present on the</TT> <TT>system?</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> Related to my question above, is that the role of the man page? A more common situation is platform information. Should the man page display only information relevant to the platform on which it is installed? My experience with past projects is that all information was given with some platform indication. What also makes me think it is not common practice to customize documentation, is the lack of support for doing so, either in man pages, html, pdf or DocBook. Thanks for taking the time to reply. Gaetan </BODY> </HTML>