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Date:      Tue, 18 Dec 2001 19:39:41 +0200
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Object now: man(1) -m option is going away
Message-ID:  <20011218193941.A9895@sunbay.com>

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Hi!

I'd like to drop the support for the man(1)'s -m option,
which is almost undocumented and is of little interest.
Unless I hear any valid objections, I am going to nuke
it on Friday.

Index: Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -p -r1.31 Makefile
--- Makefile	2001/09/12 10:04:41	1.31
+++ Makefile	2001/12/18 17:36:53
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ CFLAGS+=-DHAVE_LIBZ=1
 .endif
 
 CFLAGS+= -I${.CURDIR}/../lib -DSTDC_HEADERS -DPOSIX -DHAS_TROFF
-CFLAGS+= -DDO_COMPRESS -DALT_SYSTEMS -DSETUID -DCATMODE=0644
+CFLAGS+= -DDO_COMPRESS -DSETUID -DCATMODE=0644
+#CFLAGS+= -DALT_SYSTEMS
 CLEANFILES+=	man.1
 
 .PATH:	${.CURDIR}/../manpath
Index: man.man
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.man,v
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -p -r1.19 man.man
--- man.man	2001/06/10 15:57:40	1.19
+++ man.man	2001/12/18 17:36:53
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
 .Op Fl adfhkotw
-.Op Fl m Ar system
+.\".Op Fl m Ar system
 .Op Fl p Ar string
 .Op Fl M Ar path
 .Op Fl P Ar pager
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ Print a one line help message and exit.
 .It Fl k
 Equivalent to
 .Nm apropos .
-.It Fl m Ar system
-Specify an alternate set of man pages to search based on the system
-name given.
+.\".It Fl m Ar system
+.\"Specify an alternate set of man pages to search based on the system
+.\"name given.
 .It Fl o
 Look for original, non-localized manpages only.
 .Pp

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