I realize that some packages use

PKGMANDIR?= man

is this necessary?

Also, MAKE_ENV+=      PKGMANDIR=${PKGMANDIR}
 no longer seems to be necessary.

PLIST_SUBST has PKGMANDIR=${PKGMANDIR}, so entries should look like

${PKGMANDIR}/man1/package.1

instead of

man/man1/package.1

shouldn't they?


So what is the purpose of the following code from mk/bsd.pkg.mk?

# plist awk pattern-action statement to convert man/ to ${PKGMANDIR}/
_PLIST_AWK_PKGMANDIR=
\
/^([^\/]*\/)*man\/([^\/]*\/)?(man[1-9ln]\/.*[1-9ln]|cat[1-9ln]\/.*[0-9])
$$/ { \
        sub("^man/", "${PKGMANDIR}/");
\
}
\
/^@dirrm man\// {
\
        sub(" man/", " ${PKGMANDIR}/");
\


it seems at rough glance that one could use man/man1/package.1 in PLIST,
and it will be converted. Isn't that somewhat intransparent and
inconsistent with the above PLIST_SUBST mechanism also in place?



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