[gentoo-dev] missing man pages (Was: [gentoo-user] Re: en_US.UTF-8 unknown?)

[gentoo-dev] missing man pages (Was: [gentoo-user] Re: en_US.UTF-8 unknown?)

[James H. Cloos Jr.]

>>>>> "gabor" == gabor  <gabor@z10n.net> writes:

gabor> long answer:
gabor> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=34923&highlight=%2Autf%2A+%2Aglibc%2A

gabor> short answer: do this as root: "localedef -f UTF-8 -i en_US en_US.UTF-8"

That link mentions that gentoo lacks a man page for localdef(1), not
to mention one for locale(7).

Other dists have these man pages.  Debian in general requires a man
page for every command, et al.

Gentoo should start a policy to also require man pages.  Most of the
work is already done:  grab the pages from the debs and/or rpms.
(More precisely from the sources for the debs and rpms.)

Clearly the licensing permits such cross-pollination.  Take advantage
of it.

-JimC

P.S.  Wierd!  ispell -- even though as installed here is older than
      gentoo -- recognized gentoo as spelled correctly, but did not
      recognize debian....  Nor does it recognize redhat or suse. :-)


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Re: [gentoo-dev] missing man pages (Was: [gentoo-user] Re: en_US.UTF-8 unknown?)

[Brian Jackson]

On Friday 07 March 2003 01:56 am, James H. Cloos Jr. wrote:
> >>>>> "gabor" == gabor  <gabor@z10n.net> writes:
>
> gabor> long answer:
> gabor>
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=34923&highlight=%2Autf%2A+%2Aglibc
>%2A
>
> gabor> short answer: do this as root: "localedef -f UTF-8 -i en_US
> en_US.UTF-8"
>
> That link mentions that gentoo lacks a man page for localdef(1), not
> to mention one for locale(7).
>
> Other dists have these man pages.  Debian in general requires a man
> page for every command, et al.
>
> Gentoo should start a policy to also require man pages.  Most of the
> work is already done:  grab the pages from the debs and/or rpms.
> (More precisely from the sources for the debs and rpms.)
>
> Clearly the licensing permits such cross-pollination.  Take advantage
> of it.
>
> -JimC
>
> P.S.  Wierd!  ispell -- even though as installed here is older than
>       gentoo -- recognized gentoo as spelled correctly, but did not
>       recognize debian....  Nor does it recognize redhat or suse. :-)

If you read about where the gentoo name came from it is an actual word. It's 
some small fast penguin from some islands. Look around on the gentoo website 
if you are that interested.

>
>
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[gentoo-dev] Re: missing man pages (Was: [gentoo-user] Re: en_US.UTF-8 unknown?)

[Chris Smith]

On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 07:56, James H. Cloos Jr. wrote:
> P.S.  Wierd!  ispell -- even though as installed here is older than
>       gentoo -- recognized gentoo as spelled correctly, but did not
>       recognize debian....  Nor does it recognize redhat or suse. :-)

Gentoo was actually a word before this distro came along...

Gentoo \Gen*too"\ (j[e^]n*t[=oo]"), n.; pl. Gentoos
   (-t[=oo]z").
   A penguin (Pygosceles t[ae]niata). [Falkland Is.]

More specifically, a small, very fast little penguin, which is exactly what 
Gentoo Linux is! Small fast penguin! :D

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I wish that they would sell it.
It never does quite what I want
But only what I tell it.



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