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rS342632: ext2fs.5: Update the manpage.
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There were some inaccuracies in the previous manpage, and it seemd like
a good chance to explain the current status.

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Please review: I dont have that much experience with manpages.

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Please create links for ext3fs.5 and ext4fs.5; in share/man/man5/Makefile, add these to the list:

MLINKS+= ext2fs.5 ext3fs.5
MLINKS+= ext2fs.5 ext4fs.5

For that matter, maybe also add these? People might not know to add the "fs":

MLINKS+= ext2fs.5 ext2.5
MLINKS+= ext2fs.5 ext3.5
MLINKS+= ext2fs.5 ext4.5

Add a soflink for ext4fs. I am not currently adding a link to ext3 since
linux doesn't seem to carry it anymore and we don't support the main
feature it brought: journalling.

Please create links for ext3fs.5 and ext4fs.5; in share/man/man5/Makefile, add these to the list:

MLINKS+= ext2fs.5 ext3fs.5
MLINKS+= ext2fs.5 ext4fs.5

I agree the ext4fs link is useful. the ext3fs is probably not

For that matter, maybe also add these? People might not know to add the "fs":

MLINKS+= ext2fs.5 ext2.5
MLINKS+= ext2fs.5 ext3.5
MLINKS+= ext2fs.5 ext4.5

I think it may be interesting to keep that ext2 and ext4 namespaces available to eventually document the formats and perhaps the feature flags.

0mp requested changes to this revision.Dec 6 2018, 8:45 AM
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share/man/man5/ext2fs.5
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typo: missing space after Fx

Try running mandoc -Tlint and igor to see any other errors.

This revision now requires changes to proceed.Dec 6 2018, 8:45 AM
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This revision was not accepted when it landed; it landed in state Needs Review.Dec 30 2018, 7:45 PM
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