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Date:      Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:21:51 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: -mdoc vs. -man
Message-ID:  <20071031152150.GD3109@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <4727F0AF.4060605@freebsd.org>
References:  <4726A890.5090705@freebsd.org> <20071030131216.GB91078@kobe.laptop> <4727F0AF.4060605@freebsd.org>

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In the last episode (Oct 30), Tim Kientzle said:
>>> I've had some requests from people who want to use the libarchive
>>> and bsdtar manpages on non-BSD systems that don't support -mdoc.
>>> 
>>> Any problems if I reworked these manpages to only require -man-old
>>> for compatibility with these systems?  (Other than the inherent
>>> tediousness of such a project, that is.)
>>
>> Yes.  At least from me.
> 
> All good points.  Any leads on software that can convert from -mdoc
> to -man?  That would neatly address this issue for me.

I use mdoc2man.awk.  There isn't really an official site for it, but you
probably have a copy on your system at /usr/src/crypto/openssh/mdoc2man.awk 

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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