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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: -mdoc vs. -man
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On 2007-10-30 20:04, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>> I've had some requests from people who want to use the
>>> libarchive and bsdtar manpages on non-BSD systems that don't
>>> support -mdoc.
>>> 
>>> Any problems if I reworked these manpages to only require
>>> -man-old for compatibility with these systems?  (Other than
>>> the inherent tediousness of such a project, that is.)
>>
>> Yes.  At least from me.
> 
> All good points.  Any leads on software that can convert from
> -mdoc to -man?  That would neatly address this issue for me.

Not really.  I haven't really used -man for any substantial
amount of work in years.  Maybe Ruslan, who is our groff-guru
knows about something?

- Giorgos