Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 17:30:44 -0600 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Cc: ports-committers <ports-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-all <svn-ports-all@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-head <svn-ports-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r535779 - in head/net/openntpd: . files Message-ID: <5BC6C801-C895-49E1-818D-CCF6BFD3CADE@adamw.org> In-Reply-To: <20200521153001.GA69712@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> References: <20200521153001.GA69712@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>
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> On May 21, 2020, at 09:35, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote= : >=20 > =EF=BB=BFAdam Weinberger: >=20 >>> Author: naddy >>> Date: Mon May 18 19:36:51 2020 >>> New Revision: 535779 >>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/535779 >>>=20 >>> Log: >>> Add a note in pkg-message that you need to override the manual search >>> path to view the correct ntpd(8) man page. >>=20 >> Is there value to installing the manpage as openntpd.1, or creating >> that as a symlink? >=20 > Then you have a man page whose name is different from the command it > describes. Of course, sbin/ntpd could be renamed to sbin/openntpd. > But how about ntpd.conf, ntpctl? This just keeps spiralling. >=20 > I'll note that net/ntp and net/ntpsec conflict even more with base > ntp. Should those be renamed as well? >=20 >> It'd work around that underlying problem, and >> frankly `man openntpd` is the first place I inevitably look for >> openntpd's manpage. >=20 > When you install security/openssh-portable, do you try "man openssh"? > net/isc-dhcp44-*? >=20 > How to deal with ports that install components that have name > conflicts with the base system is a general problem, and there > doesn't seem to be a good solution. >=20 > I don't like pkg-message either, but bjk@ suggested it. > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2020-May/034062.html >=20 > If it upsets the status quo too much, I'll happily revert it. It=E2=80=99s not about status quo, and there=E2=80=99s no problem. I had a t= hought about supporting end-user experience so I shared it with you. You=E2=80= =99re the maintainer so it=E2=80=99s all up to you. # Adam =E2=80=94 Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org https://www.adamw.org=
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