Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: section 3 manpages, and, mode 444 distributions Message-ID: <6693@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-May-87 11:26:04 EDT Article-I.D.: mimsy.6693 Posted: Fri May 15 11:26:04 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 16-May-87 17:15:07 EDT References: <766@mcgill-vision.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 17 In article <766@mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes: >Why do so many of the man pages ... list the necessary include files >to use the routines in question, *except* that (almost?) NONE of them >mention , ...? Would you believe, `someone forgot'? (No? How about `we wanted to annoy you'? :-) ) >The other question is: WHY is all the source under /usr/src >distributed mode 444?? SCCS. If the source is not writable, you cannot forget to check out a copy before changing it. If you set strict locking in RCS, it will do the same thing for (or to) you. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: seismo!mimsy!chris