Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:31:45 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Fernando =?utf-8?Q?Apestegu=C3=ADa?= <fernape@FreeBSD.org>, Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: git: 0a0f7486413c - main - man: Build manpages for all architectures Message-ID: <20211125143145.5jajvx52p5ma347c@aniel.nours.eu> In-Reply-To: <9226a616-d279-9702-f13f-cee7299afc7a@FreeBSD.org> References: <202106300806.15U86pGq037942@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <20210706090311.aomxh4n45tkpktdc@aniel.nours.eu> <c272868f-8552-d914-9d63-32a4af8e51ce@FreeBSD.org> <20211125142339.zxkjpbohkxk4hete@aniel.nours.eu> <9226a616-d279-9702-f13f-cee7299afc7a@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 04:30:35PM +0200, Andriy Gapon wrote: > On 25/11/2021 16:23, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 03:57:41PM +0200, Andriy Gapon wrote: > > > Looking at the output I got another thought: do we need architecture sub-dir > > > links at all now that we install manpages to a main directory? > > > Is there any benefit to having the same manpage in a directory (like man4) > > > and its immediate subdirectory (like man4/arm) ? > > > > > Hardlink not in the same directory is imho a fragile setup anyway, what if a > > user has different mount points here, the hardlink would be broken. while there > > is little chances someone is doing that, history told me people are doing weird > > things and if they haven't yet, they will soon. > > > > I continue to think this kind of links should be 1/ symlinks, 2/ relative > > symlinks if they are in a situation which can become a cross device issue. > > Yeah... but are they needed at all? :-) > > I mean, whichever way we install manpages they are always installed into > manX. I do not see a point / benefit of having another copy / link / > whatever in manX/arch. > > P.S. > Adding support for "MSYMLINKS" is not that hard. > But I'd rather remove some stuff than add some new stuff. > There I fully agree I don't see the point of the initial change in the first place :D Best regards, Bapt
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