Bug 569910

Summary:	sys-apps/man-pages should not install ulimit manpage
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	minor
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2015-12-27 14:34:39 UTC

For what I understand ulimit is not a binary installed by any package but is a shell function.

While you type man ulimit you are seeing only what -f option is able to do.

While you type man bash or man dash you can find a complete documentation about ulimit.

So I'm asking if is right to show the manpage which contains only -f option instead of point to the manual of the actual shell the user is using.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2015-12-27 21:39:35 UTC

there is no ulimit(1) man page, so man-pages doesn't install it

there is a ulimit(1p) man page which is specified by POSIX, so the man-pages-posix package includes it and that's to be expected