Re: PLEASE HELP - We need a policy for preventing man page name conflicts

[Rex Dieter <rdieter math unl edu>]

Orion Poplawski wrote:
> Many packages provide man3 (and other) man pages with generic names. The 
> case in question in ncarg-devel and allegro-devel which both provide 
> man3/line.3.gz.  So, what do we do?
>
> - package in /usr/share/<package>/man/?  If so, how to we update 
> MANPATH?  How does man handle finding both (all) of the man pages?

IMO, no.  It's not worth the extra hassle.

> - rename to something like <package>_<manpage>?  

+1

> Do we always do this? Only if a file conflicts?

Yep.

> Is there an easy way to find conflicts before 
> packaging?

Not that I'm aware.  It should be rare enough that it can be handled on 
a case-by-case basis.

> - suffixes <manpage>.3<suffix> ?  Can man handle this?

Another possibility, but I'm unfamiliar with that convention.

-- Rex