From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Tue Sep 12 18:42:04 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D87F9E16D18 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:42:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gordon@tetlows.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7C5180695 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:42:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gordon@tetlows.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id B6FF7E16D17; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:42:04 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B677AE16D16 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:42:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gordon@tetlows.org) Received: from mail-qk0-x22b.google.com (mail-qk0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 757B780694 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:42:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gordon@tetlows.org) Received: by mail-qk0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id a128so27035173qkc.5 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:42:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tetlows.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-disposition :user-agent; bh=pjmT/WXCCLu9nO51a3b+EnocAli3W3ApHqtoE4YzeMc=; b=OuAsPpXUv8G64oreDOQ8d6xRAonBDgMUtRMLLJ2o0QDFOXbQgAEpKt8ysCEMqWjWIs Z50rn5coTi7jWCZt0AHciGep8soUnbaPOxSgVQ+JvXY1xSs4OBOeP2wEbvxMcdBEo0xs xwunkrTyXpu16k0xZZfyoITyqHYwHt7bRKBoI= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version :content-disposition:user-agent; bh=pjmT/WXCCLu9nO51a3b+EnocAli3W3ApHqtoE4YzeMc=; b=JaUUwMChhy3Gh3Y1zgC+fTp+tYC2JLcS9vjPk2nWiqJedEqBr+6iLXZzcN58RuKYuP l7Liz5l3OO8a3qvTU1N5B/KbXv0AmCSuXHe53lrAv45BCN3+x8vSYnQXSsKLxegyKPii w0lztqttw+ZgHn4zNGDv7iNzGsjktCENRFjJojxVBk3R+A+dDiGzxyKygR3XW3So2neP N75RzMQOFLNslcrPNXPJrRbrSVyCHh/9dGzbSnZ4FbVW+cUlVOj6goDVnZhPsz/8M2mw SN8A2GUD+XsC1H31iG4U0r6kKjUClf7xBH4BeAx2GmMf0sW3AUo7BlxwQSKdTi2GGdm3 KLpA== X-Gm-Message-State: AHPjjUhr2YLEG50+5wUUCxRslPOp8ZrwiQCZVFQhcKv3HQ+YXLYP8ZO3 7smut+nRpBWNN6UZj8LzdQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QCmWsb4Yneqad3ZEq5XwmI6Tff3mafM49d0WImnbtMWTyF7gRyd2grZ/z2ayKXeKX19U8JU0g== X-Received: by 10.55.151.196 with SMTP id z187mr19814240qkd.135.1505241723137; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:42:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gmail.com ([2607:fc50:0:7900:0:dead:beef:cafe]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j40sm8457997qtj.38.2017.09.12.11.42.02 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:42:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:42:00 -0700 From: Gordon Tetlow To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Removal of catman from base Message-ID: <20170912184200.GD99742@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.3 (2017-05-23) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:42:05 -0000 All, I wanted to announce my intention to remove the catman utility. For those that are unaware, this utility (disabled by default) is generally run out of a periodic job and causes the system to cache pre-formatted man pages into the /usr/share/man/cat* directories. With modern hardware, it doesn't seem to be necessary to have pre-formatted man pages as rendering them is short enough to not be noticeable. Please note, this will not disable the ability to render cat pages or in any other way use existing cat pages, it just removes the utility that builds the cat pages. As such, any ports that install cat pages will continue to work. Best, Gordon