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

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Tue, 29 May 2012, Krzysztof Mitko wrote:

> 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.

  it would appear i already have manpages-dev installed (not that i
remember installing it, so something else must have dragged it along).
so it would appear there are definite deficiencies in the man pages.

rday

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