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Date:      Tue, 27 Jan 1998 08:08:58 -0800 (PST)
From:      mvh@netcom.com
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   ports/5584: 'gnats' port install cat pages, but not man pages
Message-ID:  <199801271608.IAA11406@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         5584
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       'gnats' port install cat pages, but not man pages
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan 27 08:10:01 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Michael Harding
>Organization:
>Release:        2.2.5 stable
>Environment:
FreeBSD netcom1.netcom.com 2.2.5-STABLE FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE #0: Tue Jan 27 06:06:48 PST 1998     mvh@netcom1.netcom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/MIKE  i386

>Description:
The 'gnats' package installs 'cat' pages - this has the undesirable
side effect of deleting these pages if you run 'catman -r', which I
do to remove old port 'cat' pages.  The 'gnats' distribution apparently
installs 'cat' pages instead of 'man' pages because of problems with
the formatting of man pages on some systems - I believe that FreeBSD
does not have any problems.
>How-To-Repeat:
Install 'gnats', run 'catman -r'.
>Fix:
Install man pages rather than cat pages by patching the install.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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