Subject: Re: man.conf and mk.conf questions
To: Incorrigible punster -- do not incorrige <greywolf@starwolf.starwolf.com>
From: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
List: current-users
Date: 09/27/1997 13:19:07
On Sat, 27 Sep 1997, Incorrigible punster -- do not incorrige wrote:
> 1) How does one configure mk.conf to only install the man pages and
> not their cat* equivalents?
The man pages considered `source' and are thus not installed. Is
there any particular reason you want the man pages, rather than
the catman pages? What problem are you trying to solve?
> 2) Has anyone come up with a way to set up man.conf so that when a
> man* page is formatted it is moved to its cat* location from /tmp...?
This would be pretty easy to do, but opens you up to minor security
risks.
cjs
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