From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Tue Sep 12 18:44:22 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 6C071E16F2C for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:44:22 +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 488568097E for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:44:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gordon@tetlows.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 47DCEE16F2B; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:44:22 +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 477C7E16F2A for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:44:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gordon@tetlows.org) Received: from mail-qk0-x236.google.com (mail-qk0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::236]) (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 0284B8097D for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:44:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gordon@tetlows.org) Received: by mail-qk0-x236.google.com with SMTP id b23so27099723qkg.1 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:44:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tetlows.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=YPXXQSAjBiRXeiE1mtDy9f5MlEAoDlXgOSvort9i/L8=; b=OdhsVEcVpjVMM8Y+njgTveN0UqTiyd2F5sQNaCUJc6N+N/WzXeDyabruSISkQ96mWv j1pXsR0l2G3s+y6WYv2MjHAJFr3Qg7x5dI9LsImpacu11HXaodz0yu+WK8HbY+/ae+AC tHFpalbzsLFy23Kz9IM1RpSXjq6GmzfFgjHgw= 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:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=YPXXQSAjBiRXeiE1mtDy9f5MlEAoDlXgOSvort9i/L8=; b=OCkjZ5VqZjnjZnNfcWOUkv3Sx+bMaJvuWFJr4NYqvZwjoYjJK3tPHHjaQ+4i2itnha FAeBodGBtAm1cv42bWwwFiqD5+28xvDQBGGrWUrN0pAvbSFKXXEZy3HBkfkzn8HzPbw7 fijClHWSdgk3LhKmJeZz585E0aiNEp29i8PgYZOYpluwXx3pgURcG9Kv4EKsKt6PhqrE hmr7IsQr0ENvpCIp+4hZhBBi9X+blWkJ1KErK/QU3e7p8dfWlgNcGp2ZUzvlSa5651GM x4Ocf1cOQuszqKqnZMXIAiT1mcOd49qFr4h9vPRHo3BtqQz4gKozh4bGW8L7zR7lC2F/ 1zGw== X-Gm-Message-State: AHPjjUizWfZR8J+AFmIX0Jv/L1mSclwSa9sXWlvdlQApHmevTGaUPS7M FcPyWrLoOI6w5yBhoyDdDg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QCNgmG4MKFPQ8/YqnNBch2ISE176k9B3JVtntZXL93aFyZGBBJEp8n0v4cn06BLXm1uCcsb7g== X-Received: by 10.55.198.68 with SMTP id b65mr21094241qkj.169.1505241860899; Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:44:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gmail.com ([2607:fc50:0:7900:0:dead:beef:cafe]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n85sm8080961qke.53.2017.09.12.11.44.08 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:44:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:44:07 -0700 From: Gordon Tetlow To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of catman from base Message-ID: <20170912184407.GE99742@gmail.com> References: <20170912184200.GD99742@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170912184200.GD99742@gmail.com> 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 18:44:22 -0000 On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:42:00AM -0700, Gordon Tetlow wrote: > 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. I forgot to mention this has a review out: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12317 Gordon