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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:28:09 -0800
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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Subject: Re: ** HEADS UP **: bsd.man.mk changes
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On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 06:03:38PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> Hi!
>=20
> The syntax for declaring manual pages has been changed.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> The plan is to MFC this feature after 4.3 release, and
> start the deorbit sequence for MAN[1-9] syntax.
>=20
> 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

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