Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:08:40 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting rid of /usr file system (was: Using a larger block size on large filesystems) Message-ID: <200112131908.fBDJ8el02057@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:57:19 PST." <20011213105719.B4987@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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> On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 10:45:11AM -0500, Joe Abley wrote:
> > Since it has been this way since OpenBSD 2.5, if not earlier, I
> > think it is safe to say that that is not a high-demand function
> > of the OS by OpenBSD users. Thinking about it, I don't think I
> > have ever printed a manual page.
>
> Well, count me on the list of people who would be pissed if someone
> decided to do this. I'm all for installed the cat pages by default, but
> nobody is going to take away "man -t" support without a fight. I print
> manpages all the time when I want to read through them and I'll need
> them for more then a few minutes.
I'd have to agree; I'd much rather dump the whole catpages thing (it's a
bad tradeoff, IMO; CPU speed is cheaper than disk space) but certainly
dropping the ability to print manpages would just be stupid.
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