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Date:      Sat, 17 Aug 2024 23:57:53 +0300
From:      Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org>
To:        Nicola Vitale <nicola.stanislao.vitale@gmail.com>
Cc:        Nicola Vitale <nivit@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org,  dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: d191d48e545e - main - x11/kitty: Fix pkg-plist when DOCS option is off
Message-ID:  <CALH631mie8VjSwkHr7c=aAxwJPC--uPVCQUt08MvBFqdJupWcg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 4:41=E2=80=AFPM Nicola Vitale
<nicola.stanislao.vitale@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> thanks for the advice, but [1] the option MANPAGES is not present in the =
Porter's Handbook, and the section 5.12 (Man pages) says only that "manual =
pages must be placed in pkg-plist along with the rest of the files". This d=
istinction between man pages and other docs is misleading in my opinion. "W=
hat are docs?" [2]
>
> Furthermore, x11/kitty is not the only one that uses %%PORTDOCS%%/share/m=
an in pkg-plist, and NO_INSTALL_MANPAGES was removed a long time ago.

Hum, it looks you're right. The `portgrep -o MANPAGES | wc -l` gives
only 204. It seems that MANPAGES option is indeed getting demoted.

> [1] I don't remember swearing allegiance to the Porter's Handb...Bible. ;=
-)

I believe, every Ports committer has to follow Porter's Handbook. Let
portmgr@ correct me if I'm wrong.



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