question about perl man sections

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

Alexandre Detiste wrote:
> I'm currently reviewing the package cruft[1], that compare
> the status of files registred in dpkg/alternatives/diversions 
> with what is actually present; and I bug on this;
> 
> Is it ok that one version of config_data man page is in section "1p"
> and the other in section "1" ?

Seems quite common, yes:

→ ls -l /usr/share/man/man1/*.1p.gz | wc -l
171

on my Wheezy workstation.

At least 3pm (which is IMHO the same kind of scheme) is very common:

→ ls -l /usr/share/man/man3/*.3pm.gz | wc -l
5578

:-)

		Regards, Axel
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