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Date:      Wed, 01 May 2013 14:09:11 +0100
From:      Jake Smith <jake@xz.cx>
To:        <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Correct way to install preprocessed man pages
Message-ID:  <3f66288e5fefbda17601f3ada8823a16@m.xz.cx>

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On 2013-05-01 14:00, Dominic Fandrey wrote:
> On 01/05/2013 14:29, Jake Smith wrote:
>> I am putting a new port together, but the source for the man pages 
>> is not provided in the source tar for the package (and I can't find a 
>> public repo). Instead only the "preprocessed" version is included.
>
> Do you mean it's already compressed or it's already formatted? That
> would be odd, because I think that should tie in with TERM and PAGER.
> So it must be considered broken by design.
>
> Regards

It's already formatted, sorry I realise the term "preprocessed" doesn't 
really mean anything. If you cat the man page file it looks like a 
correctly formatted man page should. I don't have access to the original 
man page source.

Thanks,
Jake



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