[PATCH:xdm] Install xdm man pages under admin section (8), not user programs (1)
Peter Hutterer
peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Tue Jan 17 02:20:28 UTC 2017
On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 04:26:08PM -0800, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> As best I can tell, it was historically under section 1 mainly because
> the old X Consortium Imake configs only supporting installing program
> man pages there, and didn't have an option for using other sections.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com>
> ---
>
> I'm sending this out not just for review that I made the right changes,
> but to see if there's general agreement this change is right. It was
> pointed out by one of our users who thought it odd that gdm's man page
> is in section 8, but xdm's is in section 1.
"wave your hands in the air if you just don't care!"
/me waves wildly
Reviewed-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
for the technical bit, I'll leave the bikeshedding to others :)
Cheers,
Peter
>
> man/Makefile.am | 20 ++++++++++----------
> man/xdm.man | 4 ++--
> man/xdmshell.man | 6 +++---
> 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
> index b71409c..2a42d89 100644
> --- a/man/Makefile.am
> +++ b/man/Makefile.am
> @@ -21,22 +21,22 @@
> # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> #
>
> -appmandir = $(APP_MAN_DIR)
> -appman_PRE = xdm.man
> -appman_DATA = $(appman_PRE:man=$(APP_MAN_SUFFIX))
> +adminmandir = $(ADMIN_MAN_DIR)
> +adminman_PRE = xdm.man
> +adminman_DATA = $(adminman_PRE:man=$(ADMIN_MAN_SUFFIX))
>
> -xdmlmandir = $(APP_MAN_DIR)
> +xdmlmandir = $(ADMIN_MAN_DIR)
> xdmlman_PRE = xdmshell.man
>
> if INSTALL_XDMSHELL
> -xdmlman_DATA = $(xdmlman_PRE:man=$(APP_MAN_SUFFIX))
> +xdmlman_DATA = $(xdmlman_PRE:man=$(ADMIN_MAN_SUFFIX))
> else
> -noinst_DATA = $(xdmlman_PRE:man=$(APP_MAN_SUFFIX))
> +noinst_DATA = $(xdmlman_PRE:man=$(ADMIN_MAN_SUFFIX))
> endif
>
> -EXTRA_DIST = $(appman_PRE) $(xdmlman_PRE)
> -CLEANFILES = $(appman_DATA) $(xdmlman_DATA) $(noinst_DATA)
> -SUFFIXES = .$(APP_MAN_SUFFIX) .man
> +EXTRA_DIST = $(adminman_PRE) $(xdmlman_PRE)
> +CLEANFILES = $(adminman_DATA) $(xdmlman_DATA) $(noinst_DATA)
> +SUFFIXES = .$(ADMIN_MAN_SUFFIX) .man
>
> # String replacements in MAN_SUBSTS now come from xorg-macros.m4 via configure
> MAN_SUBSTS += -e 's|CHOOSERPATH|$(XDMLIBDIR)/chooser|g' \
> @@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ MAN_SUBSTS += -e 's|CHOOSERPATH|$(XDMLIBDIR)/chooser|g' \
> -e 's|DEV_RANDOM|$(DEV_RANDOM)|g' \
> -e 's|ARC4_RANDOM|$(HAVE_ARC4RANDOM)|g'
>
> -.man.$(APP_MAN_SUFFIX):
> +.man.$(ADMIN_MAN_SUFFIX):
> $(AM_V_GEN)$(SED) $(MAN_SUBSTS) < $< > $@
> diff --git a/man/xdm.man b/man/xdm.man
> index 0648d71..ef57d8c 100644
> --- a/man/xdm.man
> +++ b/man/xdm.man
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
> .\" from The Open Group.
> .\"
> .\"
> -.TH XDM 1 __xorgversion__
> +.TH XDM __adminmansuffix__ __xorgversion__
> .SH NAME
> xdm \- X Display Manager with support for XDMCP, host chooser
> .SH SYNOPSIS
> @@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ Kerberos credentials cache
> .IR sessreg (__appmansuffix__),
> .IR Xserver (__appmansuffix__),
> .\" .IR chooser (__appmansuffix__), \" except that there isn't a manual for it yet
> -.IR xdmshell (__appmansuffix__),
> +.IR xdmshell (__adminmansuffix__),
> .IR fonts.conf (__filemansuffix__).
> .br
> .I "X Display Manager Control Protocol"
> diff --git a/man/xdmshell.man b/man/xdmshell.man
> index 8f27193..7bd683f 100644
> --- a/man/xdmshell.man
> +++ b/man/xdmshell.man
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
> .\" DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> .\"
> .\"
> -.TH XDMSHELL __appmansuffix__ __xorgversion__
> +.TH XDMSHELL __adminmansuffix__ __xorgversion__
> .SH NAME
> xdmshell \- shell for starting xdm on login
> .SH SYNOPSIS
> @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ disable logins on that line until somebody types the following as root:
> .RE
> .LP
> On some platforms, one alternative is to disable logins on the console
> -and always run \fIxdm\fP(__appmansuffix__) from \fI/etc/inittab\fP.
> +and always run \fIxdm\fP(__adminmansuffix__) from \fI/etc/inittab\fP.
> .LP
> Another approach is to set up an account whose shell is the \fIxdmshell\fP
> program found in the xdm distribution. This program is not installed by
> @@ -104,5 +104,5 @@ login to the console directly. Whether or not this is desirable depends on
> the particular site.
> .SH "SEE ALSO"
> .IR X (__miscmansuffix__),
> -.IR xdm (__appmansuffix__),
> +.IR xdm (__adminmansuffix__),
> .IR xinit (__appmansuffix__)
> --
> 2.7.4
>
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