man command, correction about 4.3 features

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From: Robert Hartman
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1986 20:59

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Glenn Skinner sent me this:

>       An inaccuracy in your posting: the 4.3 version of man doesn't support
>       preprocessor specifications.  I gave it back to UCB, but they didn't
>       include it in 4.3 -- perhaps it was too close to the release date, I
>       dunno.  The SysV version of man, however, does support such
>       specifications -- that's where I got the idea (well, actually from
>       SysIII).

Thanks, Glenn.  I thought that Berkeley had accepted it for 4.3.  Perhaps
its time to consider standardizing the man command as well.  

-bob.

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From: rdh@sun.uucp (Robert Hartman)
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Subject: man command, correction about 4.3 features
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Date: Fri, 22-Aug-86 16:59:39 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 22 16:59:39 1986
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Summary: 4.3 doesn't support preprocessors, SysV does (from SysIII)