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Date:      Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:33:24 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
To:        Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: -mdoc vs. -man
Message-ID:  <20071031103324.GB1795@kobe.laptop>
In-Reply-To: <4727F0AF.4060605@freebsd.org>
References:  <4726A890.5090705@freebsd.org> <20071030131216.GB91078@kobe.laptop> <4727F0AF.4060605@freebsd.org>

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On 2007-10-30 20:04, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>> 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.

Not really.  I haven't really used -man for any substantial
amount of work in years.  Maybe Ruslan, who is our groff-guru
knows about something?

- Giorgos




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