Re: CVS commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/groff

[David Holland <dholland-sourcechanges%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 02:22:30PM -0700, Tom Spindler wrote:
 > >  > [...]
 > >  >
 > >  > I guess you are working on clang support, so leaking libsupc++ into
 > >  > the build gets in your way.  Please, instead of always linking
 > >  > libstdc++ make it possible for a c++ program to express "i don't need
 > >  > libstdc++" in a clean way.
 > > 
 > > That's a fine idea, but, really, if you're concerned about space and
 > > time at runtime, don't use C++ at all.
 > 
 > Wasn't the mdocml(?) package suppossed to eliminate the need for
 > groff in tools/ and/or in base?

That was part of the point, yes, although it can't be removed entirely
until we sort out /usr/share/doc properly.

("remove it all" is not the answer)

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David A. Holland
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