Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 09:27:02 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> To: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: bzip2(1) compression for manpages, Groff and Texinfo do cs Message-ID: <20030502062702.GA12809@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <3EB1CD6B.6060001@btc.adaptec.com> References: <20030502011307.GA82420@sunbay.com> <3EB1CD6B.6060001@btc.adaptec.com>
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--tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 07:44:11PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > >This is just an announcement that I'm going to add bzip2(1) > >support to man(1) and makewhatis(1) (catman(1) already has > >it), and then switch the default compression method from > >gzip(1) to bzip2(1), for manpages, Groff and Texinfo docs. > >(The latest 4.5 texinfo supports bzip2.) > > > > > >Cheers, >=20 > Ruslan, >=20 > 1) have you consulted portmgr? >=20 Not yet, I will have to see how this impacts ports' manpages. > 2) what will happen to all of the existing system .gz manpages when one > builds world? >=20 Nothing, one will have to remove them manually for the first time. Don't you use "find / -mtime" regularly? Highly recommended. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+sg+2Ukv4P6juNwoRAiYzAJ9Fp60Bqbfq7/MxXWfkPLPJHU5P5gCfQvRy oaHYKqmKcRTJnhfHIDJLd58= =hBAj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT--
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