Re: >2 char man page suffixes ?

[WHS <wouters@cistron.nl>]

WHS wrote:
> 
> L.S.
> 
> GGI/GII installs man pages (/usr/local/man/man3/) with suffixes
> .3ggi/.3gii.
> 
> These are not found however, and it seems only man pages with up to 2
> char suffixes (for man 3: <name>.[1-9]<char>) are found (tested a bit).
> Is this a bug, or a feature ?

Ok, replying to myself: /etc/man.conf seems to define this. But why the
 
_build          .[1-9][a-z]

at all? why not .[1-9]* by default?

Regards,

Wouter