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Re: [PATCH] ld.1


Hi David,

: Should the add the "Add GNU Free Documentation License" to all the
: man pages also have had a ChangeLog entry

Yes.  I must have missed whichever one you are referring to.

: Also, does the complete _583_ line copyright really need to be
: printed out when viewing the manpage???  For as.1, the content is
: only _207_ lines.  Why isn't the copyright in the manpage as a
: comment suffient?  This change really, really clutters up the man
: pages, especially when wanting to view what is normally at the
: bottom of the man page such as "SEE ALSO" sections, etc..

Not being a big 'man' user I so not know how problematic this is.
Can't you just ignore the extra text ?  Or filter it out ?

I generally subscribe to the theory that it is better to provide too
much information rather than too little, hence the inclusion of the
full text.  How is this problem handled in other situations ?

Cheers
	Nick

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