Subject: Re: fortune makefiles incorrect ?
To: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 09/07/1999 22:24:07
Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org> writes:
> Rev 1.3 explains this a little - I'd argue that it's bogus to install
> the man page for a helper program that we don't install.
>
> revision 1.3
> date: 1993/08/03 21:58:55; author: mycroft; state: Exp; lines: +1 -2
> Shouldn't use NOMAN here. We have a man page, even if we don't bother to
> install the program anyway.
I strongly agree. it's, uh, not sensible to install a manual page for
a user to read if there's no command for the user to use...
cgd
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