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authorColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2023-07-20 01:00:18 +0100
committerColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2023-07-20 01:00:18 +0100
commit253ea7e6fae67ea6657f50f458deaaa28b913a60 (patch)
tree90706ca3b6ddc5ef11499e5622c916ab2a86c8c8
parentea03bb3498c6a73158bd71fe92c69e298b94292b (diff)
man(1): Add a STANDARDS section
Fixes https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db/-/issues/20. * man/man1/man.man1 (STANDARDS): New section. * NEWS.md: Document this.
-rw-r--r--NEWS.md1
-rw-r--r--man/man1/man.man12
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 18a332dd..5370f8be 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Improvements:
user.
* Change section title recommendations in `man(1)` to mention `STANDARDS`
rather than `CONFORMING TO`, in line with `man-pages(7)`.
+ * Add a `STANDARDS` section to `man(1)` itself.
man-db 2.11.2 (8 January 2023)
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diff --git a/man/man1/man.man1 b/man/man1/man.man1
index 029651c4..463b367a 100644
--- a/man/man1/man.man1
+++ b/man/man1/man.man1
@@ -1264,6 +1264,8 @@ man-db configuration file.
.TP
.if !'po4a'hide' .I /usr/share/man
A global manual page hierarchy.
+.SH STANDARDS
+POSIX.1‐2001, POSIX.1‐2008, POSIX.1-2017.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.if !'po4a'hide' .BR %apropos% (1),
.if !'po4a'hide' .BR groff (1),