Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:18:36 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Andrew Lankford <lankfordandrew@charter.net>, stable@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/share/man/man8/MAKEDEV.8 Message-ID: <20071029191836.GA58058@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <20071029132447.GA2658@kobe.laptop> References: <47240A15.8080305@charter.net> <20071028074248.GA1511@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE> <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710280131220.2400@qbhto.arg> <4724BAD9.7000400@charter.net> <20071028164152.GA7516@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <E1ImBHh-000OiV-Mc@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il> <4724BEB3.5080905@charter.net> <20071029132447.GA2658@kobe.laptop>
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 03:24:47PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2007-10-28 12:54, Andrew Lankford <lankfordandrew@charter.net> wrote:
> > Thbbt! I'm reading the catman version of MAKEDEV. Wish I could
> > disable that "feature". Oh well. I'll delete it all and rebuild it
> > again if needed. Thanks!
>
> Ah, that's it then :)
>
> My usual `installworld' steps include this too:
>
> # cd /usr/share/man
> # find cat[0-9] \! -type d -exec rm {} +
There's a periodic script (/etc/periodic/weekly/330.catman) which
rebuilds all the catman pages for you. However, it makes an immense
mess of your weekly system mails due to all the manpage/nroff formatting
mistakes. Have a look:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2007-May/040648.html
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