Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 19:44:11 -0600 From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: bzip2(1) compression for manpages, Groff and Texinfo do cs Message-ID: <3EB1CD6B.6060001@btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <20030502011307.GA82420@sunbay.com> References: <20030502011307.GA82420@sunbay.com>
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Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > This is just an announcement that I'm going to add bzip2(1) > support to man(1) and makewhatis(1) (catman(1) already has > it), and then switch the default compression method from > gzip(1) to bzip2(1), for manpages, Groff and Texinfo docs. > (The latest 4.5 texinfo supports bzip2.) > > > Cheers, Ruslan, 1) have you consulted portmgr? 2) what will happen to all of the existing system .gz manpages when one builds world? Scotthelp
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