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[mandoc.git] / man.options.1

diff --git a/man.options.1 b/man.options.1
index c885a3f0d1c7d971968ccfdc2ea678c6496e1e96..9ad608f5e55152a4f96b67703c2f16cba5a4b3fe 100644 (file)
--- a/man.options.1
+++ b/man.options.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: man.options.1,v 1.1 2017/02/02 02:17:31 schwarze Exp $
+.\"    $Id: man.options.1,v 1.6 2017/02/02 20:10:51 schwarze Exp $

 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
 .\"


@@ -42,28 +42,34 @@
 .de Bx43
 .Bx 4.3 Pq June 1986 \\$1
 ..
 .de Bx43
 .Bx 4.3 Pq June 1986 \\$1
 ..

-.de Bx44N1
-.Bx 4.3 Net/1 Pq March 3, 1989 \\$1
-..
-.de g102
-.No groff-1.02 Pq after March 1989, before June 1991 \\$1
+.\" option was present in groff-1.01 as contained in 4.3BSD-Net/2
+.\" and no mention of it could be found in the ChangeLog,
+.\" so it's probably older than groff-0.4, where the log started
+.de g04
+.No probably before groff-0.4 Pq before July 14, 1990 \\$1

 ..
 .de Eaton
 .No Eaton Pq before July 7, 1993; 1990/91? \\$1
 ..
 ..
 .de Eaton
 .No Eaton Pq before July 7, 1993; 1990/91? \\$1
 ..

-.\" man-1.6 was released on June 24, 2005.
-.de man16
-.No man-1.6 Pq not before 1993, not after 2005 \\$1
+.\" man-1.5e was released on July 11, 1998.
+.de man15e
+.No man-1.5e Pq not before 1993, not after 1998 \\$1
+..
+.\" man-1.5g was released on April 7, 1999.
+.de man15g
+.No man-1.5g Pq not before 1993, not after 1999 \\$1

 ..
 ..

-.\" first seen in the initial import of man-db into CVS
+.\" code first seen in the initial import of man-db into CVS ,
+.\" which was more or less debian man-db-2.3.17
+.\" Colin Watson's first release was 2.3.18 on May 14, 2001
+.\" no clue about it found in ChangeLog-2013,
+.\" so it was probably already present before man-db-2.2a4

 .de dbI
 .de dbI

-.No man-db Pq before Apr 26, 2001; 1994/95? \\$1
+.No man-db probably before 2.2a4 Pq before Nov 8, 1994 \\$1

 ..
 .\"
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
 .\"
 ..
 .\"
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
 .\"

-.Sh SYNOPSIS
-XXX

 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 This manual page lists option letters used in many different versions
 of the
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 This manual page lists option letters used in many different versions
 of the


@@ -136,17 +142,17 @@ ASCII output mode
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .It Fl B
 use specified browser
 .br
 .Nm man :
 .It Fl B
 use specified browser
 .br
 .Nm man :

-.man16
+.No man-1.6 Pq June 24, 2005

 .It Fl b
 print a backtrace with each warning or error message
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .It Fl b
 print a backtrace with each warning or error message
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 .Bq obsolete hardware
 report whether the phototypesetter is busy
 .Pp
 .Bq obsolete hardware
 report whether the phototypesetter is busy


@@ -158,13 +164,13 @@ alternate configuration file
 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .Bx 4.4 Lite1 Pq April 22, 1994 ,
 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .Bx 4.4 Lite1 Pq April 22, 1994 ,

-.man16 ,

 .No man-db Pq Feb 22, 2003 ;
 .Ox , Nx
 .br
 .Nm man :
 .No man-db Pq Feb 22, 2003 ;
 .Ox , Nx
 .br
 .Nm man :

-.Nx 1.0 Pq Oct 26, 1994 ;
-.Ox ,
+.Nx 1.0 Pq Oct 26, 1994 ,
+.man15e ;
+.Ox

 .br
 .Nm mandb , catman , manpath :
 .No man-db Pq Feb 22, 2003
 .br
 .Nm mandb , catman , manpath :
 .No man-db Pq Feb 22, 2003


@@ -182,7 +188,7 @@ alternate configuration file
 enable compatibility mode
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 enable compatibility mode
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.No before groff-0.5 Pq before August 3, 1990

 .It Fl c
 do not use a pager
 .br
 .It Fl c
 do not use a pager
 .br


@@ -193,21 +199,10 @@ do not use a pager
 .Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc :
 .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014
 .Pp
 .Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc :
 .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014
 .Pp

-disable terminal color output in
-.Xr grotty 1
-.br
-.Nm groff :
-.No groff-1.18.0 Pq Oct 4, 2001
-.Pp
-reformat source page even if cat page exists
-.br
-.Nm man :
-.man16
-.Pp

 process given catpath
 .br
 .Nm makewhatis :
 process given catpath
 .br
 .Nm makewhatis :

-.man16
+.Pq not before 1992, not after 1995

 .Pp
 recreate databases from scratch
 .br
 .Pp
 recreate databases from scratch
 .br


@@ -225,6 +220,17 @@ internal option for use by
 .Nm man :
 .dbI
 .Pp
 .Nm man :
 .dbI
 .Pp

+reformat source page even if cat page exists
+.br
+.Nm man :
+.man15e
+.Pp
+disable terminal color output in
+.Xr grotty 1
+.br
+.Nm groff :
+.No groff-1.18.0 Pq Oct 4, 2001
+.Pp

 recreate nroff versions from SGML sources
 .br
 .Nm catman :
 recreate nroff versions from SGML sources
 .br
 .Nm catman :


@@ -238,17 +244,17 @@ postprocess with
 .At3 ,
 .At5
 .It Fl D
 .At3 ,
 .At5
 .It Fl D

-print debugging info in addition to manual page
-.br
-.Nm man :
-.man16
-.Pp

 reset whatever was set with
 .Ev MANOPT
 .br
 .Nm man :
 .dbI
 .Pp
 reset whatever was set with
 .Ev MANOPT
 .br
 .Nm man :
 .dbI
 .Pp

+print debugging info in addition to manual page
+.br
+.Nm man :
+.man15e
+.Pp

 set default input encoding for
 .Xr preconv 1
 .br
 set default input encoding for
 .Xr preconv 1
 .br


@@ -264,7 +270,7 @@ display all files added to
 define a user-defined string
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 define a user-defined string
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 print debugging information
 .br
 .Pp
 print debugging information
 .br


@@ -299,7 +305,7 @@ interpret arguments as file names
 inhibit all error messages
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 inhibit all error messages
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 select output encoding
 .br
 .Pp
 select output encoding
 .br


@@ -313,22 +319,22 @@ preprocess with
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 adjust text to left and right margins
 .br
 .Nm nroff :
 .At7
 .Pp
 .Pp
 adjust text to left and right margins
 .br
 .Nm nroff :
 .At7
 .Pp

-restrict search by section extension
-.br
-.Nm man :
-.dbI
-.Pp

 use exact matching
 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .dbI
 use exact matching
 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .dbI

+.Pp
+restrict search by section extension
+.br
+.Nm man :
+.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995

 .It Fl F
 use alternate font directory
 .br
 .It Fl F
 use alternate font directory
 .br


@@ -336,14 +342,14 @@ use alternate font directory
 .Bx 4.2 Pq September 1983
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .Bx 4.2 Pq September 1983
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 preformat only, do not display
 .br
 .Nm man :
 .Pp
 preformat only, do not display
 .br
 .Nm man :

-.man16
+.No man-1.5g Pq April 7, 1999

 .Pp
 .Pp

-force searchings dirs, do not use index (default)
+force searching dirs, do not use index (default)

 .br
 .Nm man :
 .No illumos , Solaris 9-11
 .br
 .Nm man :
 .No illumos , Solaris 9-11


@@ -366,7 +372,7 @@ mode
 set the default font family
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 set the default font family
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 force formatting even if cat page is newer
 .br
 .Pp
 force formatting even if cat page is newer
 .br


@@ -403,7 +409,7 @@ preprocess with
 produce a global manpath
 .br
 .Nm manpath :
 produce a global manpath
 .br
 .Nm manpath :

-.dbI
+.No man-db-2.2a7 Pq Nov 16, 1994

 .Pp
 preprocess with
 .Xr grn 1
 .Pp
 preprocess with
 .Xr grn 1


@@ -426,22 +432,22 @@ output to a DASI 300 terminal in 12-pitch mode
 read hyphenation patterns from the given file
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 read hyphenation patterns from the given file
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 .Pp

-use program to render HTML files as text
+produce HTML output

 .br
 .Nm man :
 .br
 .Nm man :

-.man16
+.No man-db-1.3.12 to 1.3.17 Pq not before 1996, not after 2001

 .Pp
 .Pp

-produce HTML output
+use program to render HTML files as text

 .br
 .Nm man :
 .br
 .Nm man :

-.dbI
+.No man-1.6 Pq June 24, 2005

 .It Fl h
 print a help message and exit
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .It Fl h
 print a help message and exit
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .br
 .Nm man :
 .Eaton ;
 .br
 .Nm man :
 .Eaton ;


@@ -499,7 +505,7 @@ read standard input after the input files are exhausted
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 ignore case when matching manual page names
 .br
 .Pp
 ignore case when matching manual page names
 .br


@@ -526,8 +532,8 @@ preprocess with
 source code full text search
 .br
 .Nm man :
 source code full text search
 .br
 .Nm man :

-.man16 ;
-.No man-db Pq June 28, 2009 ,
+.man15e ,
+.No man-db Pq June 28, 2009 ;

 .No Solaris 11
 .Pp
 input encoding
 .No Solaris 11
 .Pp
 input encoding


@@ -569,18 +575,18 @@ display on a Tektronix 4014 terminal
 pass argument to the spooler
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 pass argument to the spooler
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
-.Pp
-print list of locales
-.br
-.Nm manpath :
-.Fx Pq Nov 23, 1999
+.No groff-0.6 Pq Sep 14, 1990

 .Pp
 use alternate
 .Xr locale 1
 .br
 .Nm man , apropos , whatis :
 .Pp
 use alternate
 .Xr locale 1
 .br
 .Nm man , apropos , whatis :

-.dbI
+.No before man-db-2.2a13 Pq before Dec 15, 1994
+.Pp
+print list of locales
+.br
+.Nm manpath :
+.Fx Pq Nov 23, 1999

 .Pp
 use
 .Xr locale 1
 .Pp
 use
 .Xr locale 1


@@ -592,12 +598,12 @@ specified in the environment
 spool the output
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 spool the output
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 interpret arguments as file names
 .br
 .Nm man :
 .Pp
 interpret arguments as file names
 .br
 .Nm man :

-.dbI ,
+.No before man-2.2a7 Pq before Nov 16, 1994 ,

 .Ox 5.7 Pq Aug 30, 2014
 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc :
 .Ox 5.7 Pq Aug 30, 2014
 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc :


@@ -632,7 +638,7 @@ override manual page search path
 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .Bx43 ,
 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .Bx43 ,

-.dbI ;
+.No before man-db-2.2a14 Pq before Dec 16, 1994 ;

 .Ox , No illumos
 .br
 .Nm catman :
 .Ox , No illumos
 .br
 .Nm catman :


@@ -646,7 +652,7 @@ override manual page search path
 prepend to macro file search path
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 prepend to macro file search path
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 do not show the context of the match
 .br
 .Pp
 do not show the context of the match
 .br


@@ -659,7 +665,7 @@ specify input macro language
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .br
 .Nm mandoc :
 .Ox 4.8 Pq April 6, 2009
 .br
 .Nm mandoc :
 .Ox 4.8 Pq April 6, 2009


@@ -700,7 +706,7 @@ do not allow newlines between
 delimiters
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 delimiters
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.No groff-1.01 Pq Feb 21, 1991

 .It Fl n
 specify a page number for the first page
 .br
 .It Fl n
 specify a page number for the first page
 .br


@@ -708,7 +714,7 @@ specify a page number for the first page
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 .Xr nroff 1
 output mode
 .Pp
 .Xr nroff 1
 output mode


@@ -755,7 +761,7 @@ select pages by numbers
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 force use of non-localized manual pages
 .br
 .Pp
 force use of non-localized manual pages
 .br


@@ -770,7 +776,7 @@ optimize index for speed and disk space
 pass argument to postprocessor
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 pass argument to postprocessor
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.No groff-0.6 Pq Sep 14, 1990

 .Pp
 use specified pager
 .br
 .Pp
 use specified pager
 .br


@@ -787,7 +793,7 @@ preprocess with
 .Xr pic 1
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .Xr pic 1
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 use the given list of preprocessors
 .br
 .Pp
 use the given list of preprocessors
 .br


@@ -864,7 +870,7 @@ postprocess with
 .Xr refer 1
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .Xr refer 1
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.g102
+.No groff-1.02 Pq June 2, 1991

 .Pp
 recode to the specified encoding
 .br
 .Pp
 recode to the specified encoding
 .br


@@ -877,24 +883,24 @@ set number register
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .At7
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04
+.Pp
+scan for and remove junk files
+.br
+.Nm catman :
+.Fx Pq March 31, 1995

 .Pp
 set
 .Xr less 1
 prompt
 .br
 .Nm man :
 .Pp
 set
 .Xr less 1
 prompt
 .br
 .Nm man :

-.dbI
+.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995

 .Pp
 use regular expression matching
 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .Pp
 use regular expression matching
 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :

-.dbI
-.Pp
-scan for and remove junk files
-.br
-.Nm catman :
-.Fx Pq March 31, 1995
+.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995

 .Pp
 turn off formatting
 .br
 .Pp
 turn off formatting
 .br


@@ -937,7 +943,7 @@ preprocess with
 .Xr soelim 1
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .Xr soelim 1
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 silent mode, do not echo commands
 .br
 .Pp
 silent mode, do not echo commands
 .br


@@ -946,6 +952,9 @@ silent mode, do not echo commands
 .Pp
 restrict section
 .br
 .Pp
 restrict section
 .br

+.Nm makewhatis :
+.man15g
+.br

 .Nm man :
 .Ox 2.3 Pq March 9, 1998 ,
 .Nx Pq June 12, 2000 ;
 .Nm man :
 .Ox 2.3 Pq March 9, 1998 ,
 .Nx Pq June 12, 2000 ;


@@ -953,20 +962,17 @@ restrict section
 .br
 .Nm apropos :
 .No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 ,
 .br
 .Nm apropos :
 .No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 ,

-.Ox 4.5 Pq Dec 24, 2008 ;
-.Nx Pq May 8, 2009 ,
+.Ox 4.5 Pq Dec 24, 2008 ,
+.Nx Pq May 8, 2009 ;

 .No illumos
 .br
 .Nm whatis :
 .No illumos
 .br
 .Nm whatis :

-.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 ,

 .No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 ,
 .No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 ,

+.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 ;

 .No illumos
 .br
 .Nm mandoc :
 .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014
 .No illumos
 .br
 .Nm mandoc :
 .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014

-.br
-.Nm makewhatis :
-.man16

 .Pp
 do not look for stray cats
 .br
 .Pp
 do not look for stray cats
 .br


@@ -1011,7 +1017,7 @@ select terminal output format
 .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .br
 .Nm mandoc :
 .Ox 4.8 Pq April 6, 2009
 .br
 .Nm mandoc :
 .Ox 4.8 Pq April 6, 2009


@@ -1050,12 +1056,12 @@ preprocess with
 .Xr tbl 7
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .Xr tbl 7
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 check manual pages in the hierarchy
 .br
 .Nm mandb :
 .Pp
 check manual pages in the hierarchy
 .br
 .Nm mandb :

-.dbI
+.No man-db-1.3.12 to 1.3.17 Pq not before 1996, not after 2001

 .Pp
 check files for problems related to
 .Xr mandoc.db 5
 .Pp
 check files for problems related to
 .Xr mandoc.db 5


@@ -1071,18 +1077,18 @@ unsafe mode
 update database
 .br
 .Nm makewhatis :
 update database
 .br
 .Nm makewhatis :

-.man16
-.Pp
-update database cache (requires suid)
-.br
-.Nm man :
-.dbI
+.Pq not before 1992, not after 1995

 .Pp
 create user databases only
 .br
 .Nm mandb :
 .dbI
 .Pp
 .Pp
 create user databases only
 .br
 .Nm mandb :
 .dbI
 .Pp

+update database cache (requires suid)
+.br
+.Nm man :
+.No before man-db-2.2a10 Pq before Dec 6, 1994
+.Pp

 remove files from
 .Xr mandoc.db 5
 .br
 remove files from
 .Xr mandoc.db 5
 .br


@@ -1092,7 +1098,7 @@ remove files from
 print the pipeline on stdout instead of executing it
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 print the pipeline on stdout instead of executing it
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.No groff-0.6 Pq Sep 2, 1990

 .Pp
 print version information
 .br
 .Pp
 print version information
 .br


@@ -1102,7 +1108,7 @@ print version information
 print version number
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 print version number
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .Pp
 verbose mode
 .br
 .Pp
 verbose mode
 .br


@@ -1110,7 +1116,7 @@ verbose mode
 .Fx Pq March 15, 1995
 .br
 .Nm makewhatis :
 .Fx Pq March 15, 1995
 .br
 .Nm makewhatis :

-.man16
+.man15g

 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .No man-db Pq Dec 29, 2002
 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :
 .No man-db Pq Dec 29, 2002


@@ -1129,12 +1135,12 @@ produce output on the Versatec printer
 disable the named warning
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 disable the named warning
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.No groff-0.5 Pq August 14, 1990

 .Pp
 list pathnames without additional information
 .br
 .Nm man :
 .Pp
 list pathnames without additional information
 .br
 .Nm man :

-.man16
+.man15e

 .Pp
 list pathnames of cat files
 .br
 .Pp
 list pathnames of cat files
 .br


@@ -1164,7 +1170,7 @@ list pathnames
 enable the named warning
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 enable the named warning
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.No groff-0.5 Pq August 14, 1990

 .Pp
 only create the
 .Xr whatis 1
 .Pp
 only create the
 .Xr whatis 1


@@ -1174,15 +1180,15 @@ database
 .Nx Pq July 27, 1993 ,
 .No Solaris 9-11
 .Pp
 .Nx Pq July 27, 1993 ,
 .No Solaris 9-11
 .Pp

-use manpath obtained from man --path
-.br
-.Nm makewhatis :
-.man16
-.Pp

 use wildcard matching
 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :
 use wildcard matching
 .br
 .Nm apropos , whatis :

-.dbI
+.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995
+.Pp
+use manpath obtained from man --path
+.br
+.Nm makewhatis :
+.man15g

 .Pp
 update the
 .Xr whatis 1
 .Pp
 update the
 .Xr whatis 1


@@ -1215,27 +1221,27 @@ use the non-compacted version of the macros
 do not run preprocessors
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 do not run preprocessors
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .br
 .Nm man :
 .br
 .Nm man :

-.dbI
+.No man-db-2.2a5 Pq Nov 10, 1994

 .It Fl z
 suppress formatted output from
 .Xr troff 1 ,
 print only error messages
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .It Fl z
 suppress formatted output from
 .Xr troff 1 ,
 print only error messages
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.Bx44N1
+.g04

 .It Fl 7
 ASCII output mode
 .br
 .Nm man :
 .It Fl 7
 ASCII output mode
 .br
 .Nm man :

-.dbI
+.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995

 .It Fl \&?
 print a help message and exit
 .br
 .Nm groff :
 .It Fl \&?
 print a help message and exit
 .br
 .Nm groff :

-.g102
+.g04

 .br
 .Nm man , manpath :
 .Eaton ;
 .br
 .Nm man , manpath :
 .Eaton ;


@@ -1297,9 +1303,22 @@ the OpenBSD CVS repository
 .It
 the NetBSD CVS repository
 .It
 .It
 the NetBSD CVS repository
 .It

-the man-db CVS and git repositories
+the GNU roff (groff) git repository
+.It
+the 4.3BSD-Net/2 groff CHANGES file (Oct 1990 to March 1991)
+.It
+the 4.3BSD-Net/2 groff ChangeLog file (July 1990 to March 1991)
+.It
+the man-db CVS and git repositories (since April 2001)
+.It
+the man-db NEWS file (April 1995 to Dec 2016)
+.It
+the man-db ChangeLog-2013 file (Nov 1994 to Dec 2013)
+.It
+release tarballs man-1.5g (July 1998) to man-1.5p (Jan 2005),
+man-1.6 (June 2005), and man-1.6a to man-1.6g (Dec 2010)

 .It
 .It

-the final man-1.6 release tarball
+a makewhatis release tarball without version number from 1995

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 the illumos manual pages on the WWW
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 the illumos manual pages on the WWW
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