should i have all man pages referenced by *other* man pages?

[Krzysztof Mitko]

On 2012-05-29 13:53, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   not sure if this question is appropriate for this list, but i'm
> reading the man pages for threads, and in "man 7 pthreads", toward the
> bottom, there are references to other man page entries:
> 
>   "... pthread_mutex_lock(3), pthread_mutex_unlock(3) ..."
> 
>   first, there are no such man pages:
> 
> $ man 3 pthread_mutex_lock
> No manual entry for pthread_mutex_lock in section 3
> $ man 3 pthread_mutex_unlock
> No manual entry for pthread_mutex_unlock in section 3
> $
> 
>   also, that list under "SEE ALSO" doesn't mention the closely-related
> routine pthread_mutex_trylock().
> 
>   is this considered a bug?  something worth reporting somewhere?

You need manpages-dev package, which AFAIR is not installed by default.
Fill a bug or submit a brainstorm idea if you think all manpages should
be available by default.


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Best regards,
Krzysztof Mitko