Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> > Michael Kerrisk, le Wed 05 Apr 2006 23:13:29 +0200, a écrit :
> > > From an upstream point of view, I don't want to make these
> > > changes at this time.  The reason is that the w* pages in
> > > question do not yet exist.  I have added text to the
> > > HOWTOHELP document noting that these pages are yet to
> > > be written and that when they are, SEE ALSO links can be
> > > created in the pages for their traditional equivalents.
> > 
> > Ok. But couldn't str version still point to the "undocumented" man page?
> > (for letting the programmer as soon as now that these functions exist).
> 
> This is not how things are done (upstream at least).

Umh... it would be better to add a note to the manpages in question
about their *w* counterparts, or even document the *w* variant within
the non-*w* variant with a proper note.

Regards,

        Joey

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