Re: tar

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On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 15:28 -0600, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Jon LaBadie <jonfu@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > I'd also like to see some docs on the meanings of the
> > variables.  For example, is ARG_MAX the maximum NUMBER of
> > args or the maximum total length?  I assume the former.
> 
> It's the max total length (and includes the environment variable
> size).
> 
> The difference in man page availability is due to this coming from
> the
> POSIX spec, which is in the man-pages-posix package.  However, The
> Open
> Group changed the license to something not compatible with Fedora, so
> that package was moved to RPM Fusion.
> 
> You can also see the POSIX/Single Unix Specification here:
> 
> https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2018edition/

So Fedora can supply the executable (and source) but not the
documentation? Is there something wrong with this picture?

Why can't Fedora provide at least a skeleton man page that points to
the POSIX doc?

poc
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