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diff --git a/chapter06/man-db.xml b/chapter06/man-db.xml index cbbe861d2..1b9c052c5 100644 --- a/chapter06/man-db.xml +++ b/chapter06/man-db.xml @@ -119,10 +119,12 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <para>Some packages provide UTF-8 man pages which this version of <command>man</command> is unable to display. The following script will allow some of these to be converted into the expected encodings shown in - the table below. It will not help if you are using a UTF-8 locale. - Because this script is intended for limited use during the system build, - for public data, we will not bother with error checking, nor use a - non-predictable temporary file name.</para> + the table below. Man-DB expects the manual pages to be in the encodings + in the table, and will convert them as necessary to the actual locale + encoding when it displays them, so that they will display in both UTF-8 + and traditional locales. Because this script is intended for limited use + during the system build, for public data, we will not bother with error + checking, nor use a non-predictable temporary file name.</para> <screen><userinput>cat >>convert-mans <<"EOF" <literal>#!/bin/sh -e |