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Re: [groff] 1.22.4.rc4 - Final RC before official 1.22.4
From: |
G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
Re: [groff] 1.22.4.rc4 - Final RC before official 1.22.4 |
Date: |
Sun, 9 Dec 2018 00:17:57 -0500 |
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NeoMutt/20180716 |
At 2018-12-09T05:12:25+0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Here is a better idea, which is also simpler.
> The problem is that the variables PREFIXMAN5 and PREFIXMAN7 are empty.
>
> Carefully inspecting the groff source tree with grep(1), i convinced
> myself that they are *always* empty, no matter the configuration
> and operating system. While several *.am Makefile templates assign
> to the variable PREFIXMAN1, all section 5 and 7 manual page file
> names are directly assigned to man5_MANS and man7_MANS instead,
> unconditionally.
>
> So i suggest to simply delete the PREFIXMAN5 and PREFIXMAN7 variables
> outright. With the patch appended below, everything works on OpenBSD,
> Solaris 11, and Solaris 9, even "make install" on Solaris 9.
>
> I admit this change may be slightly more dangerous than i like so
> closely before release - but i'm not convinced other fixes would be
> simpler.
>
> Shall i commit and push it?
I didn't test it, but I eyeballed all the *.am files with grep and I
think you're right.
PREFIXMAN{5,7} appears to keep track of man pages in sections 5 and 7
that need a @g@ prefixed to their names--but there are no such pages.
So I'm a +1 on this.
--
Regards,
Branden
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- Re: [groff] 1.22.4.rc4 - Final RC before official 1.22.4, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2018/12/10
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- Re: [groff] 1.22.4.rc4 - Final RC before official 1.22.4, Deri, 2018/12/09
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