Date: Wed, 01 May 2013 14:09:11 +0100 From: Jake Smith <jake@xz.cx> To: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Correct way to install preprocessed man pages Message-ID: <3f66288e5fefbda17601f3ada8823a16@m.xz.cx>
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On 2013-05-01 14:00, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > On 01/05/2013 14:29, Jake Smith wrote: >> I am putting a new port together, but the source for the man pages >> is not provided in the source tar for the package (and I can't find a >> public repo). Instead only the "preprocessed" version is included. > > Do you mean it's already compressed or it's already formatted? That > would be odd, because I think that should tie in with TERM and PAGER. > So it must be considered broken by design. > > Regards It's already formatted, sorry I realise the term "preprocessed" doesn't really mean anything. If you cat the man page file it looks like a correctly formatted man page should. I don't have access to the original man page source. Thanks, Jake
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