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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 13:34:50 +0200 (EET)
From: Esa A E Peuha <peuha AT cc DOT helsinki DOT fi>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> I see it from a different perspective: the perspective of someone who
> gets to answer all the FAQs when people do not follow instructions.  I
> prefer a solution that works even if instructions are not followed, if
> such a solution is possible.

How about replacing each man page in info/ with a file that just tells the
user to read the installation instructions, which would instruct them to
remove the phony man pages in info/ to get the real ones in man/.

-- 
Esa Peuha
student of mathematics at the University of Helsinki
http://www.helsinki.fi/~peuha/

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