Subject: port-amiga/1681: `man MAKEDEV` refers to special(8) which is not avaiable.
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Thorsten Frueauf <frueauf@ira.uka.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/23/1995 16:19:23
>Number: 1681
>Category: port-amiga
>Synopsis: `man MAKEDEV` refers to special(8) which is not avaiable.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 24 12:35:01 1995
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Thorsten Frueauf
>Organization:
private
>Release: <NetBSD-current source date> current 231095
>Environment:
System: NetBSD di_frueauf 1.1_ALPHA NetBSD 1.1_ALPHA (Milano) #5: Sat Oct 21 17:41:38 GMT 1995 milano@di_frueauf:/home/milano/source/netbsd-src/sys/arch/amiga/compile/Milano amiga
>Description:
`man MAKEDEV` refers to special(8):
...
DESCRIPTION
The shell script MAKEDEV, found in the /dev directory, is used to create
the common special files. See special(8) for a more complete discussion
of special files.
...
But `man special` ends in:
[milano]/home/milano/incoming> man special
man: no entry for special in the manual.
>How-To-Repeat:
try `man special`.
>Fix:
Add special.8 to the /src/share/man8 hierarchie or remove the reference.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: