Date: Wed, 01 May 2013 21:09:50 +0100 From: Jake Smith <jake@xz.cx> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Correct way to install preprocessed man pages Message-ID: <5181768E.7040300@xz.cx> In-Reply-To: <51812579.4010507@gmx.de> References: <3f66288e5fefbda17601f3ada8823a16@m.xz.cx> <66ed19ef48919fb94a250f9aa463a76a@m.xz.cx> <51812579.4010507@gmx.de>
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On 01/05/13 15:23, olli hauer wrote: > On 2013-05-01 15:48, Jake Smith wrote: >> On 2013-05-01 14:09, Jake Smith wrote: >>> 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> Just a bit more information to help explain what I'm on about. >> >> The port is for MySQL ZRM, the source can be downloaded from http://www.zmanda.com/downloads/community/ZRM-MySQL/2.2/Source/MySQL-zrm-2.2.0.tar.gz and an example of the kind of man page I am talking about in the tar is './MySQL-zrm-2.2.0/usr/share/man/man1/mysql-zrm.1'. >> >> Thanks for your time! >> Jake > > Hm, the files are catman(1) pages not man(1) pages. > I suspect the only way is to ask upstream to provide the man pages. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I did a quick google and looks like the maintainer of the OpenBSD port has requested the man page source from upstream back in 2010, but with no response, https://forums.zmanda.com/showthread.php?2816-Mysql-zrm-man-pages I can request it again, but seeing that post makes me a little sceptical. Looking at the OpenBSD port, it seems he is just putting the formatted catman(1) man pages directly into man/catX. Going forward with this port, is it at all acceptable to use the catman(1) man pages as mentioned above? Does any one know if there is a way to convert a catman(1) page to man(1)? Basically the opposite of ``nroff -man'' Many Thanks! Jake
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