Re: CVS commit: src/distrib/sets/lists/man

[Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen%sdaoden.eu@localhost>]

Greg Troxel wrote in
 <rmittfkwv15.fsf%s1.lexort.com@localhost>:
 |Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost> writes:
 |
 |> On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 19:06:15 +0900, Rin Okuyama wrote:
 |>
 |>> I've changed mknative-gdb to generate *.info by using makeinfo(1)
 |>> provided by pkgsrc-2024Q2:
 |>> 
 |>> https://github.com/IIJ-NetBSD/netbsd-src/compare/master...rokuyama:netbs\
 |>> d-src:exp/mknative-gdb-makeinfo
 |>> 
 |>> Then, pre-generated infos are installed for normal builds.
 |>
 |> I haven't looked at the actual code, but as an emacs user I'm obviolsy
 |> all for shipping the info files.  Thanks.
 |
 |I also think we should have info files.  Not just for emacs, but info(1)
 |standalone.  It is a bug to not build the documentation, even if we have
 |to work around it needing newer info than base has, if that's what is
 |going on.

Btw *please* do join in upstream bell ringing whenever you can.
It has become one "absurdism" of our time that *release tarballs*
no longer ship with pre-generated manuals.  More and more require
superweight build infrastructures.

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