From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 4 12:54:35 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B879A16A46D for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 12:54:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kozlov@ravenloft.kiev.ua) Received: from istc.kiev.ua (wolf.istc.kiev.ua [193.108.236.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F5413C4AC for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 12:54:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kozlov@ravenloft.kiev.ua) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=ravenloft.kiev.ua) by istc.kiev.ua with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1IoeJj-0006Ig-20; Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:11:03 +0200 Received: from kozlov by ravenloft.kiev.ua with local (Exim 4.68 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1IoeJM-0003KO-Gm; Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:10:40 +0200 Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 14:10:40 +0200 From: Alex Kozlov To: Andrew Lankford , current@freebsd.org, spam@rm-rf.kiev.ua Message-ID: <20071104121040.GA12743@ravenloft.kiev.ua> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Content analysis detailz: (0.0 points, 10.0 required) Cc: Subject: Re: /usr/share/man/man8/MAKEDEV.8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:54:35 -0000 On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 01:48:54PM -0400, Andrew Lankford wrote: > Sounds good, but what about: > > 1) adding rm /usr/share/man/ to the appropriate Makefile(s). Is the > issue the possibility of mucking up any port or third party app that > also writes to /usr/share/man? No. And even if so, then this is a mistake, and the sooner it will be found the better. But deleting whole /usr/share/man by default little to radical, I think. > 2) getting rid of catman and forcing man to generate a new one from > scratch each time instead of filling up /usr/share/man/cat* with stale > files. Is this going to be a big drain on a p4-era pc compared to > something like another periodic.conf script? > > or > > 3) A compile or run-time option that disables catman as described above. > If I knew of one, I'd enable it without a second thought on my cutting > edge p3 desktop :) Put weekly_catman_enable="NO" in your /etc/periodic.conf -- Adios