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Name
       Linux man-pages - manual pages for GNU/Linux

Synopsis
       This package contains GNU/Linux manual pages for sections 1 through 8.

Description
       The manual pages in this project document primarily the Linux kernel
       and the GNU C library, but also consider relevant differences in other
       kernels or C libraries.

       These pages are most of the section 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 man pages for
       GNU/Linux.  A few pages are provided in sections 1 and 8 for commands
       that are not documented in other packages, and there are a few pages in
       sections 5 and 8 for the timezone utilities.

Files
   CONTRIBUTING
       Instructions for reporting bugs and contributing.

   INSTALL
       Instructions for installing and uninstalling.

   MAINTAINER_NOTES
       Notes for maintainers.

   README
       Main information about the project and the repository.

   RELEASE
       Instructions for releasing and distributing new versions.

   Changes, Changes.old
       Change log.  Includes most relevant changes.  However, it's not as
       complete as the git(1) log.

   Makefile, lib/*.mk
       Build system.  For help, consult the <INSTALL> file, and run 'make help'.

   lsm
       Linux software map.  See also <https://lsm.qqx.org/>.

   .mailmap
       See gitmailmap(5).

   LICENSES/*.txt
       Licenses in use by the project.

   etc/*
       Configuration files for (linter) programs called by the build system.

   man*/*
       Manual pages.

   scripts/*
       Useful scripts for maintainers.

   .tmp/
       Default directory for files created by the build system.

Versions
       Tarballs of releases starting from 2.00 are available at
       <https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/>.

       The git(1) repository can be found at:
       <git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git>

       A secondary git(1) repository can be found at:
       <git://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git>

Caveats
       Some projects provide their own manual pages, not related to the Linux
       man-pages project.

Bugs
       See the <CONTRIBUTING> file.

Maintainers
       Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
             2020 - present (5.09 - HEAD)
       Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> <https://man7.org/>
             2004 - 2021 (2.00 - 5.13)
       Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> <https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb>
             1995 - 2004    (1.6  - 1.70)
       Rik Faith <https://www.cs.unc.edu/~faith/>
             1993 - 1995    (1.0  - 1.5)

Copyright
       Several free/open source licenses.  See the <LICENSES/> directory, and
       the comment at the top of each source file.

See also
       man-pages(7)

   Website
       <http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/index.html>.

   Downstream packages
       Arch man-pages
             <https://archlinux.org/packages/core/any/man-pages/>
       Debian manpages
             <https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/manpages>
       Fedora rpms/manpages
             <https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/man-pages>
       Gentoo sys-apps/man-pages
             <https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-apps/man-pages>
       openSUSE man-pages
             <https://software.opensuse.org/package/man-pages>

   Related projects
       Debian manpages-l10n
             <https://manpages-l10n-team.pages.debian.net/manpages-l10n/>
       GNU C Library (glibc)
             <https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/>
       GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
             <https://gcc.gnu.org/>
       GNU roff (groff)
             <https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/>
       Linux kernel
             <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
       man-db
             <https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/>
       mandoc
             <https://mandoc.bsd.lv/>