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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=
:
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> =EF=BB=BFAdam Weinberger:
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>>> Author: naddy
>>> Date: Mon May 18 19:36:51 2020
>>> New Revision: 535779
>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/535779
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>>> Log:
>>>  Add a note in pkg-message that you need to override the manual search
>>>  path to view the correct ntpd(8) man page.
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>> Is there value to installing the manpage as openntpd.1, or creating
>> that as a symlink?
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> 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.
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> I'll note that net/ntp and net/ntpsec conflict even more with base
> ntp.  Should those be renamed as well?
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>> It'd work around that underlying problem, and
>> frankly `man openntpd` is the first place I inevitably look for
>> openntpd's manpage.
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> When you install security/openssh-portable, do you try "man openssh"?
> net/isc-dhcp44-*?
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> 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.
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> I don't like pkg-message either, but bjk@ suggested it.
> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2020-May/034062.html
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> 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


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Adam Weinberger
adamw@adamw.org
https://www.adamw.org=



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