From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 4 19:33:31 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0093106566C for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 19:33:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.1.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 970FD8FC26 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 19:33:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mailbackend.panix.com (mailbackend.panix.com [166.84.1.89]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAF6E34802; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 14:33:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from teddy.fas.com (c-76-26-198-188.hsd1.sc.comcast.net [76.26.198.188]) by mailbackend.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACDCE1E64E; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 14:33:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1LJYj4-0003nK-00; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:33:30 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 14:33:30 -0500 From: stan To: David Wolfskill Message-ID: <20090104193330.GA14428@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: David Wolfskill , FreeBSD Ports List References: <20090104172542.GA11950@teddy.fas.com> <20090104173644.GA4100@albert.catwhisker.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090104173644.GA4100@albert.catwhisker.org> X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 14:30:26 up 237 days, 20:52, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Cc: FreeBSD Ports List Subject: Re: A question about the rrd tools port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:33:32 -0000 On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 09:36:44AM -0800, David Wolfskill wrote: > On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 12:25:42PM -0500, stan wrote: > > The rrd tools port installs a number of man pages fr executables that it > > does not seem to provide. ... > > > > Is my assumpion correct, and if so, why ae these links not created? > > It looks to me as if at least some of the man pages installed by rrdtool > do not have corresponding executables because they are purely > documentation: e.g., bin_dec_hex; cdeftutorial; rpntutorial; > rrdgraph_examples. OK, here is an example of what I am asking about "rrdrestore". The function can be done with rrdtool import, but why is tere a man page, if there is not intended to be an executable, or a llink? -- One of the main causes of the fall of the roman empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.