should i have all man pages referenced by *other* man pages?

[Krzysztof Mitko]

On 2012-05-29 14:26, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2012, Krzysztof Mitko wrote:
> 
>> On 2012-05-29 13:53, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>>>
>>>   not sure if this question is appropriate for this list, but i'm
>>> reading the man pages for threads, and in "man 7 pthreads", toward the
>>> bottom, there are references to other man page entries:
>>>
>>>   "... pthread_mutex_lock(3), pthread_mutex_unlock(3) ..."
>>>
>>>   first, there are no such man pages:
>>>
>>> $ man 3 pthread_mutex_lock
>>> No manual entry for pthread_mutex_lock in section 3
>>> $ man 3 pthread_mutex_unlock
>>> No manual entry for pthread_mutex_unlock in section 3
>>> $
>>>
>>>   also, that list under "SEE ALSO" doesn't mention the closely-related
>>> routine pthread_mutex_trylock().
>>>
>>>   is this considered a bug?  something worth reporting somewhere?
>>
>> You need manpages-dev package, which AFAIR is not installed by default.
>> Fill a bug or submit a brainstorm idea if you think all manpages should
>> be available by default.
> 
>   it would appear i already have manpages-dev installed (not that i
> remember installing it, so something else must have dragged it along).
> so it would appear there are definite deficiencies in the man pages.

My bad, I took a look on packages.ubuntu.com and these manpages are in
packages manpages-posix-dev.

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Best regards,
Krzysztof Mitko