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Date:      Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:45:11 +0800 (CST)
From:      Rong-En Fan <rafan@infor.org>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/109394: Clarify NOPORTDOCS in Porter's Handbook 
Message-ID:  <200702211445.l1LEjBBs045963@svm.csie.ntu.edu.tw>
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>Number:         109394
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Clarify NOPORTDOCS in Porter's Handbook
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Feb 21 14:50:11 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Rong-En Fan
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE amd64
>Organization:
NTU CSIE 
>Environment:


	
>Description:
	From time to time, people misunderstand NOPORTDOCS. It only controls
	things in DOCSDIR, not EXAMPLESDIR/man pages/info pages.
>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:
	Add a note to 12.9 Install additional documentation.
Index: book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /big/freebsd-cvsup/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.802
diff -u -r1.802 book.sgml
--- book.sgml	20 Feb 2007 15:44:47 -0000	1.802
+++ book.sgml	21 Feb 2007 14:40:03 -0000
@@ -11314,6 +11314,13 @@
 	  </listitem>
 	</itemizedlist>
 
+	<note>
+	  <para><makevar>NOPORTDOCS</makevar> only controls additional
+	  documentation installed in <makevar>DOCSDIR</makevar>. It does not
+	  apply to standard man pages, info pages and things installed in
+	  <makevar>DATADIR</makevar>, <makevar>EXAMPLESDIR</makevar>.</para>
+	</note>
+
 	<para>These variables are exported to <makevar>PLIST_SUB</makevar>.
 	  Their values will appear there as pathnames relative to
 	  <filename><makevar>PREFIX</makevar></filename> if possible.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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