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diff --git a/manual/Makefile b/manual/Makefile index d815186ed9..3aa64051b9 100644 --- a/manual/Makefile +++ b/manual/Makefile @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ add-chapters = $(wildcard $(foreach d, $(add-ons), ../$d/$d.texi)) appendices = lang.texi header.texi install.texi maint.texi contrib.texi -include texis -texis: texis.awk $(chapters) $(add-chapters) $(appendices) lgpl.texinfo +texis: texis.awk $(chapters) $(add-chapters) $(appendices) lesser.texinfo $(AWK) -f $^ > $@.T mv -f $@.T $@ diff --git a/manual/argp.texi b/manual/argp.texi index 1966c5ca20..9e400008f8 100644 --- a/manual/argp.texi +++ b/manual/argp.texi @@ -1,26 +1,3 @@ -@ignore - Documentation for the argp argument parser - - Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - This file is part of the GNU C Library. - Written by Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. - - The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as - published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the - License, or (at your option) any later version. - - The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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If not, - write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, - Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ -@end ignore - @node Argp, Suboptions, Getopt, Parsing Program Arguments @need 5000 @section Parsing Program Options with Argp diff --git a/manual/lgpl.texinfo b/manual/lesser.texi index 6bb32205ba..940f70e0d6 100644 --- a/manual/lgpl.texinfo +++ b/manual/lesser.texi @@ -1,130 +1,138 @@ -@setfilename lgpl.info +@node Library Copying +@appendixsec GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE -@set lgpl-appendix - -@ifset lgpl-appendix -@appendix GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE -@end ifset -@ifclear lgpl-appendix -@unnumbered GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE -@end ifclear -@center Version 2, June 1991 +@cindex LGPL, Lesser General Public License +@center Version 2.1, February 1999 @display -Copyright @copyright{} 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place -- Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. -[This is the first released version of the library GPL. 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Indices diff --git a/manual/libc.texinfo b/manual/libc.texinfo index 365cbd9fac..e426eb4ec5 100644 --- a/manual/libc.texinfo +++ b/manual/libc.texinfo @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph @end ignore Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided also that the -section entitled ``GNU Library General Public License'' is included +section entitled ``GNU Lesser General Public License'' is included exactly as in the original, and provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one. @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ identical to this one. 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Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, except that the text of the translation of the section entitled ``GNU -Library General Public License'' must be approved for accuracy by the +Lesser General Public License'' must be approved for accuracy by the Foundation. @end titlepage @page @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ of the GNU C Library. @set lgpl-appendix @node Copying, Concept Index, Contributors, Top -@include lgpl.texinfo +@include lesser.texi @node Concept Index, Type Index, Copying, Top |