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[PATCH] Make `makewhatis` FAQ entry explicitly refer to `whatis`
- From: Adam Dinwoodie <Adam dot Dinwoodie at metaswitch dot com>
- To: "cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com" <cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 09:07:21 +0000
- Subject: [PATCH] Make `makewhatis` FAQ entry explicitly refer to `whatis`
- Deferred-delivery: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 09:07:00 +0000
All,
Minor FAQ patch below to make it explicit that `makewhatis` is used for
`whatis` as well as `man -k` and `apropos`. Inspired by someone [apparently
being confused][0] on Stack Overflow (yes, they were almost certainly being
lazy, but I figure being more explicit will do no harm).
[0]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11774230/unix-cygwin-whatis-returns-all-commands-as-nothing-appropriate/11782300#comment15656666_11782300
I'm hoping this doesn't count as "significant" with regard to copyright
assignment. I'd really rather not have to deal with that tedium.
This is my first submitted patch; I *think* I've got everything right, but
apologies if not.
2012-08-03 Adam Dinwoodie <Adam.Dinwoodie@...>
* faq-using.xml (faq.using.man): Make relevance to whatis explicit.
Index: faq-using.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -p -r1.45 faq-using.xml
--- faq-using.xml 23 Apr 2012 22:10:37 -0000 1.45
+++ faq-using.xml 3 Aug 2012 08:55:03 -0000
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ related messages.
</answer></qandaentry>
<qandaentry id="faq.using.man">
-<question><para>Why doesn't man -k (or apropos) work?</para></question>
+<question><para>Why doesn't <literal>man -k</literal>, <literal>apropos<literal>
+or <literal>whatis</literal> work?</para></question>
<answer>
<para>Before you can use <literal>man -k</literal> or <literal>apropos</literal>, you