>Number:         13532
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       the HTML generated for INSTALL.html is atrocious
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jul 22 10:09:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     michael wolfson
>Release:        1.5.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The HTML code generated in basesrc/distrib/notes is ghastly.  Here is an example from the 1.5.1 i386 INSTALL.html:

<em></em><em>22.3</em><em> MB</em><em> gzipped,</em><em> 98.8</em><em> MB</em><em> uncompressed</em>
<p><dt><b></b><b>pkgsrc</b><dd>

In addition to this, the macppc INSTALL.html is unweildy enough that Internet Explorer 5 for MacOS choke on the file, and only displays the first half.

There is also a lot of whitespace in addition to useless tags, for example (from the same file):

<code></code><code>/usr/src</code>
with the command:
     <p>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<code></code><code>#</code><b></b>( cd / ; tar -zxpf - ) < set_name.tgz
<br>
     <p>
The

By removing useless tags and whitespace, the HTML file will be smaller, quicker to load, and take up less space.
>How-To-Repeat:
build basesrc/distrib/notes/
>Fix:

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