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Date:      Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:04:15 -0700
From:      Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: -mdoc vs. -man
Message-ID:  <4727F0AF.4060605@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071030131216.GB91078@kobe.laptop>
References:  <4726A890.5090705@freebsd.org> <20071030131216.GB91078@kobe.laptop>

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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





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