Re: bin/45980: Manual file indexing no longer supports compressed manual pages

[Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/45980; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/45980: Manual file indexing no longer supports compressed
 manual pages
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:10:22 +0000

 On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:00:00PM +0000, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost 
wrote:
 > Thank you very much for your problem report.
 > It has the internal identification `bin/45980'.
 > The individual assigned to look at your
 > report is: bin-bug-people. 
 > 
 > >Category:       bin
 > >Responsible:    bin-bug-people
 > >Synopsis:       Manual file indexing no longer supports compressed manual 
 > >pages
 > >Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb 10 23:00:00 +0000 2012
 
 The problem isn't related to compressed manual pages. The new tool
 e.g. insists on having an ".Nd" section in each manual page.
 Without that section the file won't get indexed.
 
 makewhatis(8) support this kind of manual pages without problems.
 
        Kind regards
 
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 Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/