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Subject: Re: -mdoc vs. -man
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>>I've had some requests from people who want to use the libarchive and
>>bsdtar manpages on non-BSD systems that don't support -mdoc.
>>
>>Any problems if I reworked these manpages to only require -man-old for
>>compatibility with these systems?  (Other than the inherent
>>tediousness of such a project, that is.)
> 
> Yes.  At least from me.

All good points.  Any leads on software that
can convert from -mdoc to -man?  That
would neatly address this issue for me.

Tim Kientzle