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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-08-22 18:17:52 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-08-22 18:17:52 +0000
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Correct the mandoc.db(5) requirements of man(1) after the deprecation
of MLINKS. Inaccuracy pointed out by espie@.
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diff --git a/man.conf.5 b/man.conf.5
index 425895c1..be099808 100644
--- a/man.conf.5
+++ b/man.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: man.conf.5,v 1.4 2016/12/28 22:52:17 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: man.conf.5,v 1.5 2017/08/22 18:17:52 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2015 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
.\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 28 2016 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 22 2017 $
.Dt MAN.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -74,8 +74,12 @@ in each directory configured with
.Ic manpath
is recommended and necessary for
.Xr apropos 1
-to work, but not strictly required for
-.Xr man 1 .
+to work, and also for
+.Xr man 1
+on operating systems like
+.Ox
+that install each manual page with only one file name in the file system,
+even if it documents multiple utilities or functions.
.It Ic output Ar option Op Ar value
Configure the default value of an output option.
These directives are overridden by the