Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:37:44 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ** HEADS UP **: bsd.man.mk changes Message-ID: <20010327003744.A4326@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20010326132808.C7234@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 01:28:09PM -0800 References: <20010326180338.A43557@sunbay.com> <20010326132808.C7234@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 01:28:09PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > 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. I'm definitely with Kris on this one; and I know of at least two other people, who are using the bsd.*.mk files (albeit a little modified), in their work. G'luck, Peter -- If wishes were fishes, the antecedent of this conditional would be true. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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