On 03/08/2016 10:59 AM, Marko Myllynen wrote: > On 2016-03-07 19:48, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> On 07 Mar 2016 13:52, Marko Myllynen wrote: >>> glibc upstream recently deemed that the tel/fax fields are not useful >>> and dropped them from the few locales which had them defined. Do you >>> think we could/should drop the descriptions from the man page as well? >> >> the fields are technically still supported, we've just emptied them out. >> i would add a note saying that their use is discouraged in favor of the >> other fields like e-mail. > > Fair enough, how about this? Applied, thanks. Michael > --- > man5/locale.5 | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man5/locale.5 b/man5/locale.5 > index 0a26f91..ef97f00 100644 > --- a/man5/locale.5 > +++ b/man5/locale.5 > @@ -572,10 +572,14 @@ organization that maintains this document. > .I tel > followed by the telephone number (in international format) > of the organization that maintains this document. > +As of glibc 2.24, this keyword is deprecated in favor of > +other contact methods. > .TP > .I fax > followed by the fax number (in international format) > of the organization that maintains this document. > +As of glibc 2.24, this keyword is deprecated in favor of > +other contact methods. > .TP > .I language > followed by the name of the language to which this document applies. > > Thanks, > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
