Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 12:30:03 -0800 (PST) From: Karl Dietz <kd@frankfurt.netsurf.de> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gnu/15091: add -I option to gnu groff and gnu soelim Message-ID: <199911282030.MAA57702@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR gnu/15091; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Karl Dietz <kd@frankfurt.netsurf.de>
To: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@cris.net>
Cc: millerp@canb.aaug.org.au, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: gnu/15091: add -I option to gnu groff and gnu soelim
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 21:29:27 +0100 (CET)
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Alexey Zelkin wrote:
> > >Number: 15091
> > >Category: gnu
> > >Synopsis: add -I option to gnu groff and gnu soelim
>
> > GNU groff does not know about a -I parameter to add
> > include search paths.
> Why ?
I don't know why it's not supported. But if you mean
"what do you need it for" to have a search path to common
include (e.g. COPYRIGHT, etc.)
> >
> > Peter Miller made a patch to add the -I and uses it in
> > his programs.
> You have to submit this patch to official groff maintainer and
> then next release out we'll import such change.
at the time this patch was prepared, there was no GNU groff maintainer.
And GNU groff had not been updated to 1.11 quite a long time. (IIRC)
I will talk to the original author to submit it to GNU groff.
Regards,
Karl
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