Re: SunOS3.2 rand(3) manual error

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From: Richard A. O'Keefe
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1988 11:28

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In article <527@auspex.UUCP> guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris) writes:
>This may be the case 
>in 3.x as well; "man" has the annoying habit of choosing the 3V page
>rather than the 3C page if you don't give a section, so "man rand" gives
>the S5-environment version.

AAARGH!  That's IT!  "man 3c rand" gives me the BSD man page.
This would be reasonable behaviour for "man" if I had /usr/5bin early in
my $PATH, but I haven't got it in my $PATH _at_all_.  Ok, let's count
_that_ as the bug.

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From: ok@quintus.uucp (Richard A. O'Keefe)
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Subject: Re: SunOS3.2 rand(3) manual error
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Date: 29 Nov 88 11:28:52 GMT
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