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Date:      Sun, 23 Nov 2014 07:07:18 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [HEADSUP] man(1) now uses mandoc
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411230704070.67982@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20141123001834.GB68776@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
References:  <20141123001834.GB68776@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>

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On Sun, 23 Nov 2014, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:

> The default renderer on HEAD has been switched to mandoc(1) by default
> The man(1) command has been instrumented to first test the manpage and fallback
> on groff if the man page cannot be rendered with mandoc(1).
>
> If base is built without groff then man(1) recommands to install groff from
> packages.
>
> makewhatis(1), apropos(1) have not yet been switched to mandoc(1) equivalent.

Thanks and congratulations to all involved!



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