Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:27:35 +0900 (JST) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: gordon@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CFR: Replace man/manpath/whatis/apropos with a shell script Message-ID: <20100819.112735.93156596.hrs@allbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikw3J5Hbrz0gjpBaB=8UrfNKgJm069i8enNXU14@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=d1RqZhkJJ94DioZkBq3Pq5vrj0kxBSgdW%2BUUo@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikw3J5Hbrz0gjpBaB=8UrfNKgJm069i8enNXU14@mail.gmail.com>
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----Security_Multipart(Thu_Aug_19_11_27_35_2010_267)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gordon Tetlow <gordon@freebsd.org> wrote in <AANLkTikw3J5Hbrz0gjpBaB=8UrfNKgJm069i8enNXU14@mail.gmail.com>: go> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> wrote: go> go> > All, go> > go> > I sat down and rewrote the man tools from a relatively old codebase to a go> > single shell script. My original motivation was to allow multiple go> > configuration files so port installations did not have to mess with go> > /etc/manpath.config (like perl for example) when needing to manipulate the go> > manpath. After looking at the existing code, I figured I could rewrite it as go> > a shell script relatively easily. go> > go> > Script (install as /usr/bin/man, /usr/bin/manpath, /usr/bin/apropos, go> > /usr/bin/whatis) go> > http://people.freebsd.org/~gordon/man.sh<http://people.freebsd.org/%7Egordon/man.sh>; go> > go> > Features of the new code: go> > go> > 1. BSD licensed (old code is GPL). go> > 2. Imports configuration from /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf and /etc/man.conf go> > (purposefully changed the manpath.config file since it is a different go> > syntax). go> > 3. Allows ports to override the toolset used to display the manpage based go> > on language. This was done to try to merge the functionality of the go> > japanese/man port into the base system as much as possible. go> > go> > I've tried to make this mirror the functionality, directory search order, go> > and arguments as the current base implementation. go> > go> > This brings me to my next point. I need some testers willing to try this go> > out. It would be particularly great if I could get some foreign language go> > testers with localized manpage installations. If something doesn't work the go> > way you expect, please contact me and I can help debug it (using man -ddd go> > <whatever> will generally give me the debug information I need). go> > go> > Thanks, go> > Gordon go> > go> go> I did some additional testing with the japanese/man-doc port and found the go> following was necessary: Great, I will test it and get back to you! -- Hiroki ----Security_Multipart(Thu_Aug_19_11_27_35_2010_267)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkxslpcACgkQTyzT2CeTzy0AvgCfZodk90pF2qn97ef00hOXZ875 KY0AoKp9P2C1pZegg6qETeJakf9ReIpc =yaht -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Thu_Aug_19_11_27_35_2010_267)----
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