[src/trunk]: src/usr.bin/man man.1: add a small note about alternate machine ...

[gutteridge <gutteridge%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/2eedb70581a0
branches:  trunk
changeset: 366835:2eedb70581a0
user:      gutteridge <gutteridge%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat Jun 18 02:14:39 2022 +0000

description:
man.1: add a small note about alternate machine name searches

diffstat:

 usr.bin/man/man.1 |  14 ++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diffs (49 lines):

diff -r 4d46433e1419 -r 2eedb70581a0 usr.bin/man/man.1
--- a/usr.bin/man/man.1 Fri Jun 17 20:31:56 2022 +0000
+++ b/usr.bin/man/man.1 Sat Jun 18 02:14:39 2022 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: man.1,v 1.29 2016/06/16 15:10:58 abhinav Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: man.1,v 1.30 2022/06/18 02:14:39 gutteridge Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)man.1      8.2 (Berkeley) 1/2/94
 .\"
-.Dd June 16, 2016
+.Dd June 18, 2022
 .Dt MAN 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 searches any subdirectories,
 with the same name as the current architecture,
 in every directory which it searches.
-Machine specific areas are checked before general areas.
+Machine-specific areas are checked before general areas.
 The current machine type may be overridden by setting the environment
 variable
 .Ev MACHINE
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@
 prepending the relevant subdirectory name to the page name,
 separated by
 .Ql Pa \&/ .
+(See also the
+.Dq _ Ns Aq machine
+line in the
+.Xr man.conf 5
+configuration file, which defines additional supplemental paths related to a
+specific machine type.)
 .It Ev MANPATH
 The standard search path used by
 .Nm
@@ -235,7 +241,7 @@
 is specified by the
 .Dq _subdir
 line in the
-.Nm
+.Xr man.conf 5
 configuration file.
 .It Ev PAGER
 The pagination command used for writing the output.