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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-05-21 08:15:46 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-05-31 10:45:27 +0200 |
| commit | c91a4f144c2bc170fde06b847e1ff77a17e90054 (patch) | |
| tree | c033d56c08e8cc9e78488d27cd484cf0e22b758c /man7/man-pages.7 | |
| parent | fa1e323100ee148aca50376416975ae100bb1a4f (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-c91a4f144c2bc170fde06b847e1ff77a17e90054.tar.gz | |
man-pages.7: Add REPORTING BUGS section
man-pages doesn't have a REPORTING BUGS section in manual pages,
but many other projects do. Make some recommendations about
placement of that section.
Diffstat (limited to 'man7/man-pages.7')
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/man-pages.7 | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index 99c1f48d01..04b2701904 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ BUGS EXAMPLE .\" AUTHORS sections are discouraged AUTHORS [Discouraged] +REPORTING BUGS [Not used in man-pages] COPYRIGHT [Not used in man-pages] \fBSEE ALSO\fP .fi @@ -453,6 +454,15 @@ add a copyright notice as a comment in the source file. If you are the author of a device driver and want to include an address for reporting bugs, place this under the BUGS section. .TP +.B REPORTING BUGS +The +.IR man-pages +project doesn't use a REPORTING BUGS section in manual pages. +Information on reporting bugs is instead supplied in the +script-generated COLOPHON section. +However, various projects do use a REPORTING BUGS section. +it is recommended to place it near the foot of the page. +.TP .B COPYRIGHT The .IR man-pages |