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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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On 2004-11-11 08:35, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > > Revision  Changes    Path
> > > 1.20      +1 -1      src/contrib/gcc/gcc.1
> >
> > Does it make sense to attempt writing an mdoc manpage for a more modern
> > version of gcc, using the info manuals as the source?
>
> That is one approach.  We should maybe periodically (say when GCC is
> upgraded across major revisions) build the port of the same version, and
> just commit built man page.[*]  It will be in ancient nroff, but at least
> it will be current.  Maybe we could even write a script to wack it more
> into mandoc format.  I can mail you the 3.4 port manpage to play with.

That would great!  Converting existing text to mdoc is far better than
extracting all the necessary bits from texinfo myself.