Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:28:09 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: current@FreeBSD.org, committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ** HEADS UP **: bsd.man.mk changes Message-ID: <20010326132808.C7234@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010326180338.A43557@sunbay.com>; from ru@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 06:03:38PM %2B0300 References: <20010326180338.A43557@sunbay.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 06:03:38PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > Hi! > > The syntax for declaring manual pages has been changed. > > The manual pages to be installed can now be listed in a > single MAN variable. The old MAN[1-9] syntax is still > supported, for backwards compatibility. > > The plan is to MFC this feature after 4.3 release, and > start the deorbit sequence for MAN[1-9] syntax. > > Developers, please make sure all new Makefiles use the > new syntax. I welcome the changes, but don't think the old version should be removed: third party software uses it, and it would not serve any purpose to break them. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6v7RoWry0BWjoQKURAm9bAJ4vWYaHJ8FuamtXhdT6IN6laEgmXQCfT9My ZzKzQmbjv62K8xza2iYFr2I= =Moyi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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